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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.”
“Take back your insurance,
Baby nothin's guaranteed.”
Baby nothin's guaranteed.”
“Redemption comes to those who wait,
Forgiveness is the key.”
Forgiveness is the key.”
“I'm learning to fly,
But I ain't got wings.
Coming down
Is the hardest thing.”
But I ain't got wings.
Coming down
Is the hardest thing.”
“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?”
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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.”
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.