I have never been comfortable being the front man.
TOM PETTYGeorge Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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I’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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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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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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In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I’m gonna stand my ground, and I won’t back down.
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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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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’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 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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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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