292 Quotes by Tom Petty

You’re dealing in magic-it’s this intangible thing that has to happen. And to seek it out too much might not be a good idea. Because, you know, it’s very shy, too. But once you’ve got the essence of them, you can work songs and improve them. You see if there’s a better word, or a better change.

As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.

He don’t wanna change, what don’t need to change.

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.

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.

I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.

Bring me a girl, they’re always the best. You put ’em on stage, and you have ’em undress.

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.

I wouldn’t want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don’t mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.