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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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History
Doesn
Matter
Love
Eras
Fascinated

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Way up in the nosebleeds we watched him on the screen, they'd hung between the billboards so cheaper seats could see.
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It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music.
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Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.
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Let's get to the point Let's roll another joint
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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God, it's so painful when something that's so close is still so far out of reach.
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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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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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Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm Tired of this town again
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A rebel without a clue.
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Most magic is a trick, an illusion. But [when The Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show], this was real. Man oh man, was it real.
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I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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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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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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