Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
TOM PETTYI love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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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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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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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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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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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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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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Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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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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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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We don’t really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we’ve been taken for granted.
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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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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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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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The waiting is the hardest part.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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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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