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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.
Running
Dream
Going
Wherever
Leads
Mystery
Working

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I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.
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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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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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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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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.
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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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A rebel without a clue.
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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. And I think a lot of these young kids are going to have to learn the hard way before they realize that you can actually do some damage if you're being careless or frivolous in what you're saying.
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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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If you're not getting older, you're dead.
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You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free
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He don't wanna change, what don't need to change.
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I'm gonna stand my ground, and I won't back down.
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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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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If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn't up for sale.
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I like making money like anybody else, and I'm paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
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If you look around at America, that's one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.
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