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Tom Petty quotes: Well I won't back downNo I won't back downYou can stand me up at the gates of hellBut I won't back down Well I won't back down
No I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down
Tom Petty quotes: 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. 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.
Tom Petty quotes: It's always been great to be onstage. It's really effortless up there. It's not a lot of work. It's always been great to be onstage. It's really effortless up there. It's not a lot of work.
Tom Petty quotes: 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 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
Tom Petty quotes: 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. 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.
Tom Petty quotes: 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. 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.
Tom Petty quotes: Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success. Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success.
Tom Petty quotes: Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane. Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
Tom Petty quotes: I love the music. I'm never, ever tired of playing it. I love the music. I'm never, ever tired of playing it.
Tom Petty quotes: Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time. Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.
Tom Petty quotes: Most magic is a trick, an illusion. But [when The Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show], this was real. Man oh man, was it real. Most magic is a trick, an illusion. But [when The Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show], this was real. Man oh man, was it real.
Tom Petty quotes: Even the losers get lucky sometimes! Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
Tom Petty quotes: Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions. Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
Tom Petty quotes: I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does. I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does.
Tom Petty quotes: It just seems to useless to have to work so hard, and nothing ever really seem to come from it. It just seems to useless to have to work so hard, and nothing ever really seem to come from it.
Tom Petty quotes: If you're not getting older, you're dead. If you're not getting older, you're dead.
Tom Petty quotes: Whatever you're looking for, don't come around here no more. Whatever you're looking for, don't come around here no more.
Tom Petty quotes: I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it's so hard to kick it. I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it's so hard to kick it.
Tom Petty quotes: I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them. I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
Tom Petty quotes: No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn. No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn.
Tom Petty quotes: At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow. At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
Tom Petty quotes: I've got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight. I've got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
Tom Petty quotes: Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king. Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
Tom Petty quotes: If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff. If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
Tom Petty quotes: I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem. I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
Tom Petty quotes: Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl. Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
Tom Petty quotes: I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times
Tom Petty quotes: Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed. Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.
Tom Petty quotes: She grew up hard and she grew up fast, in the age of television. She grew up hard and she grew up fast, in the age of television.
Tom Petty quotes: You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world. You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
Tom Petty quotes: I can't crawl any further. You never crawled for me. I can't crawl any further. You never crawled for me.
Tom Petty quotes: The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit. The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.
Tom Petty quotes: In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I'm gonna stand my ground, and I won't back down ... In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I'm gonna stand my ground, and I won't back down ...
Tom Petty quotes: He don't wanna change, what don't need to change. He don't wanna change, what don't need to change.
Tom Petty quotes: I'm tired of screwing up. I'm tired of being down. I'm tired of myself. I'm tired of bein' down. I'm tired of screwing up. I'm tired of being down. I'm tired of myself. I'm tired of bein' down.
Tom Petty quotes: I think it's important to always offer something new. I think it's important to always offer something new.
Tom Petty quotes: You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
Tom Petty quotes: I 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! I 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!
Tom Petty quotes: A rebel without a clue. A rebel without a clue.
Tom Petty quotes: So I started out for God knows where.I guess I'll know when I get there. So I started out for God knows where.
I guess I'll know when I get there.
Tom Petty quotes: The music has to be affordable. It's the common man that keeps it going, and if you price it out of his realm, it becomes a thing of the elite. The music has to be affordable. It's the common man that keeps it going, and if you price it out of his realm, it becomes a thing of the elite.
Tom Petty quotes: I'm so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway. I'm so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
Tom Petty quotes: Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing. Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
Tom Petty quotes: Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing. Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
Tom Petty quotes: Way up in the nosebleeds we watched him on the screen, they'd hung between the billboards so cheaper seats could see. Way up in the nosebleeds we watched him on the screen, they'd hung between the billboards so cheaper seats could see.
Tom Petty quotes: Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person. Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.
Tom Petty quotes: 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. 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.
Tom Petty quotes: Let's get to the point Let's roll another joint Let's get to the point Let's roll another joint
Tom Petty quotes: I've always had a great love for the blues. I've always had a great love for the blues.
Tom Petty quotes: Most things I worry about never happen anyway. Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
Tom Petty quotes: There used to be this real sense of community integrity in rock. It has really eroded. Everyone seems to be on their own now. There used to be this real sense of community integrity in rock. It has really eroded. Everyone seems to be on their own now.
Tom Petty quotes: You believe what you want to believe You believe what you want to believe
Tom Petty quotes: And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It's hard to find a friend. It's hard to find a friend. And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It's hard to find a friend. It's hard to find a friend.
Tom Petty quotes: I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy. I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
Tom Petty quotes: 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 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
Tom Petty quotes: I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated. I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.
Tom Petty quotes: Running down a dream ... working on a mystery ... going wherever it leads ... Running down a dream ... working on a mystery ... going wherever it leads ...
Tom Petty quotes: Bring me a girl, they're always the best. You put 'em on stage, and you have 'em undress. Bring me a girl, they're always the best. You put 'em on stage, and you have 'em undress.
Tom Petty quotes: If 20,000 people start to sing, you tend to go along with it. If 20,000 people start to sing, you tend to go along with it.
Tom Petty quotes: Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you. Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
Tom Petty quotes: Gypsies at home watching Jerry Falwell on TV, might mean something to you, it ain't nothing to me. Gypsies at home watching Jerry Falwell on TV, might mean something to you, it ain't nothing to me.
Tom Petty quotes: I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying. I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
Tom Petty quotes: Take back your insurance, baby, nothing is guaranteed. Take back your acid rain, let your TV bleed. Take back your insurance, baby, nothing is guaranteed. Take back your acid rain, let your TV bleed.
Tom Petty quotes: If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn't up for sale. If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn't up for sale.
Tom Petty quotes: I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real. I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
Tom Petty quotes: Yeah, the world would swing if I were king.Can I help it if I still dream time to time? Yeah, the world would swing if I were king.
Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
Tom Petty quotes: I'm always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun. I'm always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
Tom Petty quotes: 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. 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.
Tom Petty quotes: Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown. Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
Tom Petty quotes: The waiting is the hardest part. The waiting is the hardest part.
Tom Petty quotes: My mama was a rocker way back in fifty-three, buys them old records that they sell on TV. My mama was a rocker way back in fifty-three, buys them old records that they sell on TV.
Tom Petty quotes: You belong somewhere you feel free. You belong somewhere you feel free.
Tom Petty quotes: I have never been comfortable being the front man. I have never been comfortable being the front man.
Tom Petty quotes: 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. 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.
Tom Petty quotes: 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. 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.
Tom Petty quotes: 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. 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.
Tom Petty quotes: As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free. As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free.
Tom Petty quotes: Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow. Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow.
Tom Petty quotes: Just wonderin', waitin', worryin' about some silly little things, that just don't add up to nothin'. Just wonderin', waitin', worryin' about some silly little things, that just don't add up to nothin'.
Tom Petty quotes: I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily. I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
Tom Petty quotes: I always liked the idea of the guitar - because cowboys played the guitar. I always liked the idea of the guitar - because cowboys played the guitar.
Tom Petty quotes: Some grow young, some grow cold ... Some grow young, some grow cold ...
Tom Petty quotes: There was no use pretending, no magic left to hear, all the music gave me was a craving for lite beer. There was no use pretending, no magic left to hear, all the music gave me was a craving for lite beer.
Tom Petty quotes: 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. 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.
Tom Petty quotes: Eddie waited 'til he finished high school, he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo. Eddie waited 'til he finished high school, he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo.
Tom Petty quotes: I don't know, my music has always just come from where the wind blew me. Like where I'm at during a particular moment in time. I don't know, my music has always just come from where the wind blew me. Like where I'm at during a particular moment in time.
Tom Petty quotes: Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can't stay long. Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can't stay long.
Tom Petty quotes: Sometimes, giving up your privacy is a little like going to the dentist and we have let him have access that no one's ever had. Sometimes, giving up your privacy is a little like going to the dentist and we have let him have access that no one's ever had.
Tom Petty quotes: '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. '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.
Tom Petty quotes: We haven't always been boy scouts, but we never lost sight of the music, Let me remind you that this ain't the end. We haven't always been boy scouts, but we never lost sight of the music, Let me remind you that this ain't the end.
Tom Petty quotes: There was rock and roll across the dial, when I think of her it makes me smile. There was rock and roll across the dial, when I think of her it makes me smile.
Tom Petty quotes: She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too. She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
Tom Petty quotes: If you don't run, you rust. If you don't run, you rust.
Tom Petty quotes: most things I worry 'bout never happen anyway most things I worry 'bout never happen anyway
Tom Petty quotes: We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker. We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker.
Tom Petty quotes: He [George Harrison] told me he really, really admired John [Lennon]. He probably wanted John's acceptance pretty bad, you know? He [George Harrison] told me he really, really admired John [Lennon]. He probably wanted John's acceptance pretty bad, you know?
Tom Petty quotes: Yeah and it's over before you know itIt all goes by so fastYeah the bad nights take foreverAnd the good nights don't ever seem to last Yeah and it's over before you know it
It all goes by so fast
Yeah the bad nights take forever
And the good nights don't ever seem to last
Tom Petty quotes: When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain. When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain.
Tom Petty quotes: Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key. Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
Tom Petty quotes: Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon? 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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