Quotes from Tom Petty

So I started out for God knows where. I guess I'll know when I get there.

Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

How 'bout a cheer for all those bad girls? And all those boys that play that rock and roll? They love it like you love Jesus, It does the same thing to their souls.

Running down a dream... working on a mystery... going wherever it leads...

People come, people go Some grow young, some grow cold I woke up in between A memory and a dream So let's get to the point, let's roll another joint Let's head on down the road There's somewhere I gotta go And you don't know how it feels You don't know how it feels to be me

I had to learn a new way of playing. I had to practice a lot, and just find ways around the limitations. So it was a bad idea to break my hand. You said you were doing a lot of cocaine. Did that affect your songwriting? No. I think it affected my breaking my hand.

Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success.

I'm old enough to have lived in a country where, if you were willing to work hard, you could have a fairly nice life. You could support your family, and even get a shot at owning your own home. But you never thought you'd get a swimming pool. Now culture has hypnotised people into thinking they're really nothing if they're not wealthy and a Kardashian.

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

You will never be told when the next bit of education is coming or where it's coming from or who the teacher will be. That information will only reveal itself after the fact. All that you can do is leave a little room there for the next lesson to come through. Someone will be carrying it. You just leave the door open a crack.

most things I worry 'bout never happen anyway

Hey hey hey I was born a rebel Down in Dixie on a Sunday morning Yeah, with one foot in the grave And one foot on the pedal I was born a rebel, born a rebel

I don't believe in lawsuits much. I think there are enough frivolous lawsuits in this country without people fighting over pop songs.

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

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

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

When I was 15 or 16 playing in groups, we used to sit in the car and try to write the lyrics down as a song was playing, and we'd assign each person a verse, you know: 'I'm going to do the first one. You go for the second one.' And then sometimes you'd wait an hour for it to come on again so you could finish it up.

I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.

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

You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.

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

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.

Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.

You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.