I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
TOM PETTYBut not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m Tired of this town again.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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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’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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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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Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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That’s stupid. You couldn’t pay me to go. I’m not oversimplifying it. That’s what’s going on. I don’t think it would be any fun without the drugs. It’s a drug party.
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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’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 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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I’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
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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 think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
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You believe what you want to believe.
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