292 Quotes by Tom Petty

I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things. You have four years to be irresponsible here, relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember the time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So stay out late. Go out with your friends on a Tuesday when you have a paper due on Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does...

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

Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.

I'm old enough to have lived in a country where, if you were willing to work hard, you could have a fairly nice life. You could support your family, and even get a shot at owning your own home. But you never thought you'd get a swimming pool. Now culture has hypnotised people into thinking they're really nothing if they're not wealthy and a Kardashian.

People come, people goSome grow young, some grow coldI woke up in betweenA memory and a dreamSo let's get to the point, let's roll another jointLet's head on down the roadThere's somewhere I gotta goAnd you don't know how it feelsYou don't know how it feels to be me

You and I will meet again, When we're least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won't say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.

If you don't run, you rust.

Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?