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.
TOM PETTYI have never been comfortable being the front man.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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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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I always tell my kids, “Find something that you love and within that you’ll find some job that you can do and you’ll always be happy. You’ll go to a job that you want to go to.”
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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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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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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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You believe what you want to believe.
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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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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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I don’t treat the band like I’m above them or that they’re a hired hand for me. We’ve never worked that way. So I’m a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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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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