Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
TOM PETTYFree 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.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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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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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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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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A rebel without a clue.
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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 think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
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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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I always tell my kids, “Find something that you love and within that you’ll find some job that you can do and you’ll always be happy. You’ll go to a job that you want to go to.”
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