You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
TOM PETTYThere’s a freeway running through the yard.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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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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I wouldn’t want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don’t mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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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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The waiting is the hardest part.
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When you kill somebody’s little sister with a missile, he’s going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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I don’t treat the band like I’m above them or that they’re a hired hand for me. We’ve never worked that way. So I’m a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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What I’ve learned about marriage: You need to have each other’s back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.
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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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You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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That’s stupid. You couldn’t pay me to go. I’m not oversimplifying it. That’s what’s going on. I don’t think it would be any fun without the drugs. It’s a drug party.
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Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away. And if I never do nothing, I’ll get you back someday.
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My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse.
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You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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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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