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A rebel without a clue.

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
Charlie T. Wilbury
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Rebel
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Eddie waited 'til he finished high school, he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo.
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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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Take back your insurance, baby, nothing is guaranteed. Take back your acid rain, let your TV bleed.
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I've always had a great love for the blues.
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That's stupid. You couldn't pay me to go. I'm not oversimplifying it. That's what's going on. I don't think it would be any fun without the drugs. It's a drug party.
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But not me, baby, I've got you to save me.
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I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.
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She grew up hard and she grew up fast, in the age of television.
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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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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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don't have to live like a refugee.
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She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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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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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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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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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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 remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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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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