Tom Petty Quotes

Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick involved with it. It's pure and it's real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.

You and I will meet again, When we're least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won't say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.

You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free

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

Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.

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

Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

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

You belong somewhere you feel 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.

In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I'm gonna stand my ground, and I won't back down.

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.

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.

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

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.

Songwriting 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.

If you don't run, you rust.

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

I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.

Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.

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

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.

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

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

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