You believe what you want to believe.
TOM PETTYAs we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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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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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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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’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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Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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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.
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I got my own way of praying.
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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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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It’s very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it’s really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
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