You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
TOM PETTYI love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I got my own way of praying.
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And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It’s hard to find a friend. It’s hard to find a friend.
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Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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I wouldn’t want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don’t mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.
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George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
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I’m not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that’s become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
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I’m not any happier anywhere than when I’m in the studio. I’m over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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You believe what you want to believe.
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I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
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I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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I don’t understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That’s not gonna work out, you know? It’s a waste of your time!
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It’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.
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I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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