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We haven't always been boy scouts, but we never lost sight of the music, Let me remind you that this ain't the end.

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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.
Never
Havens
Sight
Haven
Boys
Lost
Ends
Music
Scouts
Always
Remind

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I'm actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I've had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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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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Eddie waited 'til he finished high school, he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo.
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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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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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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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As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free.
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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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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
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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'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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I'm so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
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Buy me a drink, sing me a song take me as I come, cause I can't stay long.
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