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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!

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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.
Loser
Lucky
Sometimes
Even
Adages
Losers
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.
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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'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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Running down a dream... working on a mystery... going wherever it leads.
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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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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she's a swinger dating a singer, I can't decide which is worse.
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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've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does.
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I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.
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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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