I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
TOM PETTYGod, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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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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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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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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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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A rebel without a clue.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
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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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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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I’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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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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