I’m not any happier anywhere than when I’m in the studio. I’m over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
TOM PETTYLast dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m Tired of this town again.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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It’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.
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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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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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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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I got my own way of praying.
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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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I’m not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that’s become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
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If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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