You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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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I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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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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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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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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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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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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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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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
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When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you’ve always got a different ache or pain.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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I don’t believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.
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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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