Quote

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.

Tom Petty

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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.
Soul
Music
Come
Must
Something
Really
Relating
People
Supposed
Perfect

More quotes by Tom Petty

Image
Running down a dream... working on a mystery... going wherever it leads.
Tom Petty
Image
I'm so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
Tom Petty
Image
I've always had a great love for the blues.
Tom Petty
Image
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.
Tom Petty
Image
I'm certainly not a Robin Hood, I'm not that way. I don't want to come through, burn everybody for $200 a ticket and then they can't afford to come see me again. Plus, I just don't think it's right. I don't think we need that much money. I just do what seems like the logical thing to do.
Tom Petty
Image
Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
Tom Petty
Image
Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
Tom Petty
Image
And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It's hard to find a friend. It's hard to find a friend.
Tom Petty
Image
I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
Tom Petty
Image
But not me, baby, I've got you to save me.
Tom Petty
Image
If you don't run, you rust.
Tom Petty
Image
As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free.
Tom Petty
Image
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.
Tom Petty
Image
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
Tom Petty
Image
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.
Tom Petty
Image
You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
Tom Petty
Image
Way up in the nosebleeds we watched him on the screen, they'd hung between the billboards so cheaper seats could see.
Tom Petty
Image
The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
Tom Petty
Image
Bring me a girl, they're always the best. You put 'em on stage, and you have 'em undress.
Tom Petty
Image
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.
Tom Petty