I'm not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that's become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
Tom PettyEvery verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
Tom PettyThere was no use pretending, no magic left to hear, all the music gave me was a craving for lite beer.
Tom PettySongwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and it makes me happy, and it makes millions of people happy." It's an obligation, it's bigger than you. It's the only true magic I know. It's not pulling a rabbit out of a hat; it's real. It's your soul floating out to theirs.
Tom Petty