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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
Entertainment
Media
Art
Without
Clue

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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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If you don't run, you rust.
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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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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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Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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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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There was rock and roll across the dial, when I think of her it makes me smile.
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What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back you have to be a kind of team going through life.
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I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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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Eddie waited 'til he finished high school, he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo.
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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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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 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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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 think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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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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