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.
TOM PETTYEvery verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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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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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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I like a good beer. Of course, I’ll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel’s remedy.
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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 always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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I’m so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
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I got my own way of praying.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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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 think it’s important to always offer something new.
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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.
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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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If you don’t run, you rust.
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If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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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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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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What I’ve learned about marriage: You need to have each other’s back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.
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Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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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’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I’m gonna stand my ground, and I won’t back down.
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