If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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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You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
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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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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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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 have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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I’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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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 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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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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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.
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George 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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