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Tom Petty Quotes

Tom Petty quotes

American Musician October 20, 1953

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Tom Petty quote: "I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily."
I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily. Tom Petty
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. Tom Petty
The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song together, and it wasn't that bad! The writing came natural to me. Tom Petty
Tom Petty quote: "Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent...."
Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success. Tom Petty
Making a record? You've got to have the song, then you create a record. I think it's the same with a live performance. If the material is strong, you're already 90% there. I always tell young people it's all about the music, the songs. Work on the songs, work on the songs, work on the songs. Tom Petty
I don't know, my music has always just come from where the wind blew me. Like where I'm at during a particular moment in time. Tom Petty
I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone. Tom Petty
The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit. Tom Petty
The energy of the crowd is insane. Twenty thousand people. It's the biggest jolt of adrenaline. It's very hard to explain. You know the old story about the woman lifting the car off her kid? It's in that realm. You can actually hurt yourself and not know it. Tom Petty
Tom Petty quote: "Running down a dream...working on a mystery...going wherever..."
Running down a dream...working on a mystery...going wherever it leads... Tom Petty
TV does not care about you or what happens to you. It's downright bad for your health now, and that's not a far-out concept. I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health. Tom Petty
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. Tom Petty
Tom Petty quote: "Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to..."
Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time. Tom Petty
When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain. Tom Petty
When I was a kid, we didn't have any blues stations. I never heard Howlin' Wolf or Muddy Waters or any of those people until the Stones had come along, and I took it upon myself to find out who these people were that they were covering. Tom Petty

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