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Running down a dream... working on a mystery... going wherever it leads.

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Tom Petty
Age: 66 †
Born: 1950
Born: October 20
Died: 2017
Died: October 2
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Gainesville
Florida
Thomas Earl Petty
Charlie T. Wilbury
Jr.
Going
Wherever
Leads
Mystery
Working
Running
Dream

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I want to be successful. Not just money. Just making a successful record and a successful show... I could feel successful without selling a million records.
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We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted.
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Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.
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I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it's so hard to kick it.
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I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.
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It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music.
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Whatever you're looking for, don't come around here no more.
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You believe what you want to believe
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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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There was rock and roll across the dial, when I think of her it makes me smile.
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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.
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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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He don't wanna change, what don't need to change.
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I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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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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