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.
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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Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.
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I 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.
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I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
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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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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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You believe what you want to believe.
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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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When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you’ve always got a different ache or pain.
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The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
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The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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We don’t really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we’ve been taken for granted.
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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 love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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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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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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