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I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.

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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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Fascinated
History
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If you look around at America, that's one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.
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I've always had a great love for the blues.
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She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there. And I think a lot of these young kids are going to have to learn the hard way before they realize that you can actually do some damage if you're being careless or frivolous in what you're saying.
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You believe what you want to believe
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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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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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I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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'Free Fallin'' is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem. But I'm grateful that people like it.
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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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It just seems to useless to have to work so hard, and nothing ever really seem to come from it.
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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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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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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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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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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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I like a good beer. Of course, I'll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel's remedy.
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I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
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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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