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 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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I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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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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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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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
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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’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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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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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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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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