I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
TOM PETTYI’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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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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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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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 had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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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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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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