I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
TOM PETTYI’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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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’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
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You believe what you want to believe.
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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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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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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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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’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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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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It’s very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it’s really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
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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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