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We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker.

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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Dies
Moving
Art
Catalog
Quicker
Entertainment
Move
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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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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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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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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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If you're not getting older, you're dead.
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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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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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I've always had a great love for the blues.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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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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If 20,000 people start to sing, you tend to go along with it.
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I'm not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that's become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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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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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 never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it's so hard to kick it.
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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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I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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