Tom Petty Quotes - Page 4

I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.

You're dealing in magic-it's this intangible thing that has to happen. And to seek it out too much might not be a good idea. Because, you know, it's very shy, too. But once you've got the essence of them, you can work songs and improve them. You see if there's a better word, or a better change.

When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money. I was sort of giving up the idea of making a lot of money. It was what I loved to do. I would have done it anyway. If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music.

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

The waiting is the hardest part.

Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm Tired of this town again

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

If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.

Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.

I'm certainly not a Robin Hood, I'm not that way. I don't want to come through, burn everybody for $200 a ticket and then they can't afford to come see me again. Plus, I just don't think it's right. I don't think we need that much money. I just do what seems like the logical thing to do.

That's stupid. You couldn't pay me to go. I'm not oversimplifying it. That's what's going on. I don't think it would be any fun without the drugs. It's a drug party.

I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there. And I think a lot of these young kids are going to have to learn the hard way before they realize that you can actually do some damage if you're being careless or frivolous in what you're saying.

I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.

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

Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?

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

If you look around at America, that's one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.

You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.

I've always had a great love for the blues.

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

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.

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.

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

I would never put my songs in a commercial.

I'm tired of screwing up. I'm tired of being down. I'm tired of myself. I'm tired of bein' down.