The waiting is the hardest part.
TOM PETTYAt the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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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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If you look around at America, that’s one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.
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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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I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it’s so hard to kick it.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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I like making money like anybody else, and I’m paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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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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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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