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

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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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Quicker
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Dies
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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 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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I want to be successful. Not just money. Just making a successful record and a successful show... I could feel successful without selling a million records.
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She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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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 believe what you want to believe
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The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
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It just seems to useless to have to work so hard, and nothing ever really seem to come from it.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does.
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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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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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Bring me a girl, they're always the best. You put 'em on stage, and you have 'em undress.
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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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Yeah and it's over before you know it It all goes by so fast Yeah the bad nights take forever And the good nights don't ever seem to last
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Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow.
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I like a good beer. Of course, I'll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel's remedy.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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