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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.

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
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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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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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Way up in the nosebleeds we watched him on the screen, they'd hung between the billboards so cheaper seats could see.
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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 barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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I'm more interested in what I'm going to leave behind me than in making a big hit record. I've refined what I do for a long time. If getting better at it means it goes over the heads of those who only wanted to party, then so be it.
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It just seems to useless to have to work so hard, and nothing ever really seem to come from it.
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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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don't have to live like a refugee.
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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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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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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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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.
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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.
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He [George Harrison] told me he really, really admired John [Lennon]. He probably wanted John's acceptance pretty bad, you know?
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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Let's get to the point Let's roll another joint
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Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm Tired of this town again
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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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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