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If you don't run, you rust.

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
Jr.
Rust
Running

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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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Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.
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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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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 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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A rebel without a clue.
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