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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don't have to live like a refugee.

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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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Refugee
Inspirational
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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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Running down a dream... working on a mystery... going wherever it leads.
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I'm not any happier anywhere than when I'm in the studio. I'm over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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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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I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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I like making money like anybody else, and I'm paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.
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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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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 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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