If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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.
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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
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Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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When you kill somebody’s little sister with a missile, he’s going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.
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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’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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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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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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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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I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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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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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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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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