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

Tom Petty

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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.
Working
Running
Dream
Going
Wherever
Leads
Mystery

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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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I always tell my kids, Find something that you love and within that you'll find some job that you can do and you'll always be happy. You'll go to a job that you want to go to.
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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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If you're not getting older, you're dead.
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I'm not any happier anywhere than when I'm in the studio. I'm over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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You believe what you want to believe
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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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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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Bring me a girl, they're always the best. You put 'em on stage, and you have 'em undress.
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I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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