292 Quotes by Tom Petty

So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.

Eddie waited ’til he finished high school, he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo.

The truth is that if you play on TV there is always a sponsor. There is no way around it. I’ve already passed on so much money I don’t worry about it anymore.

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.

Gypsies at home watching Jerry Falwell on TV, might mean something to you, it ain’t nothing to me.

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’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.

We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.

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.