Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
TOM PETTYI 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.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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I don’t believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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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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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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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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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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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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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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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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I’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
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I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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