Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
TOM PETTYI should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
More Tom Petty Quotes
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If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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You and I will meet again, When we’re least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won’t say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.
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Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away. And if I never do nothing, I’ll get you back someday.
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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse.
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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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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 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 belong somewhere you feel free.
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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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