292 Quotes by Tom Petty

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    Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.

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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 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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    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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    It’s always been great to be onstage. It’s really effortless up there. It’s not a lot of work.

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    Way up in the nosebleeds we watched him on the screen, they’d hung between the billboards so cheaper seats could see.

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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’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.

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    If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.

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