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I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.

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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
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He don't wanna change, what don't need to change.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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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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I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.
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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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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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Take back your insurance, baby, nothing is guaranteed. Take back your acid rain, let your TV bleed.
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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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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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