292 Quotes by Tom Petty

Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow.

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 tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can't sit down and play this and get the song over, I don't take it to the band, because most any good song, you can sit down and deliver it with a piano or a guitar.

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.

Take back your insurance, baby, nothing is guaranteed. Take back your acid rain, let your TV bleed.

I think that if people realize that with an mp3, you're only getting five percent of the sound that's there. But when you hear the entire thing... I think it would save the music business. It's such a drastic change.

If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn't up for sale.

It's very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it's really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.

I'm tired of screwing up. I'm tired of being down. I'm tired of myself. I'm tired of bein' down.