Tom Petty Quotes

Tom Petty Quotes.

Rock n' roll was one thing, and then they chopped off t

Rock n’ roll was one thing, and then they chopped off the ‘roll’ and called it ‘rock,’ which became a sort of umbrella term for anything with a guitar in it. Like hair bands. How could we possibly believe that? It’s just gotten downright silly, to the point where now it’s sort of become like professional wrestling.
Tom Petty
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.
Tom Petty
Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
Tom Petty
Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
Tom Petty
I would never put my songs in a commercial.
Tom Petty
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.
Tom Petty
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
Tom Petty
Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
Tom Petty
I tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can’t sit down and play this and get the song over, I don’t take it to the band, because most any good song, you can sit down and deliver it with a piano or a guitar.
Tom Petty
I think television’s become a downright dangerous thing. It has no moral barometer whatsoever. If you want to talk about something that is all about money, just watch the television.
Tom Petty
The energy of the crowd is insane. Twenty thousand people. It’s the biggest jolt of adrenaline. It’s very hard to explain. You know the old story about the woman lifting the car off her kid? It’s in that realm. You can actually hurt yourself and not know it.
Tom Petty
Sometimes, giving up your privacy is a little like going to the dentist and we have let him have access that no one’s ever had.
Tom Petty
Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
Tom Petty
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.
Tom Petty
Rock isn’t a young music anymore. I don’t think it’s necessarily even a youth-oriented music.
Tom Petty
Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
Tom Petty
If you don’t run, you rust.
Tom Petty