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

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
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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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If you don't run, you rust.
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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.
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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A rebel without a clue.
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I wouldn't want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don't mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.
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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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I'm not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that's become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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