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Tom Petty Quotes (1950-2017)
Writer, Singer
About Tom Petty
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (20 October 1950 - 2 October 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was the frontman of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys.
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“Some days are diamonds.
Some days are rocks.”
Some days are rocks.”
“I can't save you from yourself, you gotta want it.”
“Take back your insurance,
Baby nothin's guaranteed.”
Baby nothin's guaranteed.”
“People come, people go.
Some grow young, some grow cold.”
Some grow young, some grow cold.”
“Redemption comes to those who wait,
Forgiveness is the key.”
Forgiveness is the key.”
“Excuse me if I
Have some place in my mind
Where I go time to time.”
Have some place in my mind
Where I go time to time.”
“Look deep in the eyes of love
And find out what you were looking for.”
And find out what you were looking for.”
“Now I'm walkin' this street on my own,
but she's with me wherever I go.”
but she's with me wherever I go.”
“And I don't want to mean anything to you,
I don't want to tempt you to be true.”
I don't want to tempt you to be true.”
“I'll be the boy in the corduroy pants.
You be the girl at the high school dance.”
You be the girl at the high school dance.”
“There was Rock 'N' Roll across the dial.
When I think of her, it makes me smile.”
When I think of her, it makes me smile.”
“But if you shoot at everyone you see,
Can't be my friend 'cause you might shoot at me.”
Can't be my friend 'cause you might shoot at me.”
“Oh baby, don't it feel like heaven right now,
Don't it feel like something from a dream.”
Don't it feel like something from a dream.”
“Good love is hard to find.
You got lucky, babe.
You got lucky, babe, when I found you.”
You got lucky, babe.
You got lucky, babe, when I found you.”
“And it's hard to say
Who you are these days.
But you run on anyway,
Don't you baby?”
Who you are these days.
But you run on anyway,
Don't you baby?”
“Well I fought for you;
I fought too hard.
To do it all again babe,
It's gone too far.”
I fought too hard.
To do it all again babe,
It's gone too far.”
“It just seems so useless to have to work so hard,
And nothin' ever really seems to come from it.”
And nothin' ever really seems to come from it.”
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Tom Petty on Mob
“When I met Elvis, we didn't really have a conversation. I was introduced by my uncle, and he sort of grunted my way. What stays with me is the whole scene. I had never seen a real mob scene before. I was really young and impressionable. Elvis really did look - he looked sort of not real, as if he were glowing.”
What Tom Petty Said About Others
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Tom Petty on Van Morrison
“A great Irish poet”
About Tom Petty
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (20 October 1950 - 2 October 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was the frontman of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys.