Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
TOM PETTYYou 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.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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I like making money like anybody else, and I’m paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
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If you don’t run, you rust.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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A rebel without a clue.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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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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I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
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I’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
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If you look around at America, that’s one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.
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