Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
TOM PETTYIn a world that keeps on pushing me around, I’m gonna stand my ground, and I won’t back down.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
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It’s very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it’s really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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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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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
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Free Fallin” is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn’t become this huge anthem. But I’m grateful that people like it.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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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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You believe what you want to believe.
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When you kill somebody’s little sister with a missile, he’s going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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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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