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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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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
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There was no use pretending, no magic left to hear, all the music gave me was a craving for lite beer.
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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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Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow.
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I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it's such a drag when you're livin' in the past
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But not me, baby, I've got you to save me.
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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.
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When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money. I was sort of giving up the idea of making a lot of money. It was what I loved to do. I would have done it anyway. If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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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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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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Yeah and it's over before you know it It all goes by so fast Yeah the bad nights take forever And the good nights don't ever seem to last
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Let's get to the point Let's roll another joint
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If you're not getting older, you're dead.
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Running down a dream... working on a mystery... going wherever it leads.
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Most magic is a trick, an illusion. But [when The Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show], this was real. Man oh man, was it real.
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I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.
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You believe what you want to believe
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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 think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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