Tom Petty Quotes - Page 5

I don't know, my music has always just come from where the wind blew me. Like where I'm at during a particular moment in time.

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.

I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does.

I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.

Artists aren't necessarily business people. And they aren't necessarily aware of all the things that go on in their names. Some just want to make some music, but there is a lot of greed among artists as well. Whether or not we know it, we are all to blame. I think it's time - starting with the artist - to try to be a little more responsible and aware of what goes on in our name.

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

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?

Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.

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

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

When you kill somebody's little sister with a missile, he's going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.

I think sometimes maybe you're going to connect with the audience more than others, but the journey is about getting all there is to get out of this group of people.

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

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

It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music.

I wouldn't want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don't mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.

At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.

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.

I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.

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.

If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music.

I think it's important to always offer something new.

I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.

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

We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted.