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.
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 have never been comfortable being the front man.
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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’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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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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Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it’s so hard to kick it.
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Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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I got my own way of praying.
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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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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.
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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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