Tom Petty Quotes

I'm so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.

You belong somewhere you feel free.

Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.

God, it's so painful when something that's so close is still so far out of reach.

As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free.

The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.

If you're not getting older, you're dead.

I always liked the idea of the guitar - because cowboys played the guitar.

I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.

I like a good beer. Of course, I'll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel's remedy.

Eddie waited 'til he finished high school, he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo.

I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it's such a drag when you're livin' in the past

I'm more interested in what I'm going to leave behind me than in making a big hit record. I've refined what I do for a long time. If getting better at it means it goes over the heads of those who only wanted to party, then so be it.

I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things. You have four years to be irresponsible here, relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember the time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So stay out late. Go out with your friends on a Tuesday when you have a paper due on Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does.

I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.

It's very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it's really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.

Whatever you're looking for, don't come around here no more.

She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.

There was rock and roll across the dial, when I think of her it makes me smile.

You spend your life dreaming, running 'round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.

Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.

Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can't stay long.

Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.

I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.

I'm actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I've had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.

The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.

Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.

I'll stand my ground and I won't back down.

He [George Harrison] told me he really, really admired John [Lennon]. He probably wanted John's acceptance pretty bad, you know?

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.

At the end of the day, you're just phonograph records.

I can't crawl any further. You never crawled for me.

Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.

Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.

I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.

'Free Fallin'' is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem. But I'm grateful that people like it.

Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow.

I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times

Most magic is a trick, an illusion. But [when The Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show], this was real. Man oh man, was it real.

Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.

Way up in the nosebleeds we watched him on the screen, they'd hung between the billboards so cheaper seats could see.

No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn.

There used to be this real sense of community integrity in rock. It has really eroded. Everyone seems to be on their own now.

The truth is that if you play on TV there is always a sponsor. There is no way around it. I've already passed on so much money I don't worry about it anymore.

We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker.

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.

Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.

Bring me a girl, they're always the best. You put 'em on stage, and you have 'em undress.