Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
TOM PETTYRedemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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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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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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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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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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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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I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
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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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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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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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