I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
TOM PETTYAt the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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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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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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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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I like a good beer. Of course, I’ll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel’s remedy.
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If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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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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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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