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.
TOM PETTYI don’t understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That’s not gonna work out, you know? It’s a waste of your time!
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
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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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You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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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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I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
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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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I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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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 like making money like anybody else, and I’m paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
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When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you’ve always got a different ache or pain.
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