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.
TOM PETTYI 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.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I don’t understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That’s not gonna work out, you know? It’s a waste of your time!
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free.
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If you don’t run, you rust.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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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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You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
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I got my own way of praying.
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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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A rebel without a clue.
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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