Tom Petty Quotes

It's 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.
It's time to move on, it' s time to get going.

Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.

Well I won't back down,
No I won't back down.
You could stand me up at the gates of hell,
But I won't back down.

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

An act like ours wouldn't even be around today if someone hadn't brought us along and let us make mistakes and grow at our own pace. Today it seems that if you don't have a hit — or even if you do — they have no use for you the next time.

Now I'm walkin' this street on my own,
but she's with me wherever I go.

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

Honey don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow.
You know you won't feel this way tomorrow.
Well, maybe I'm a little rough around the edges,
Inside a little hollow.
I get faced with some things sometimes
That are so hard to swallow.

How about a cheer
For all those bad girls
And all the boys
That play that rock and roll?
They love it
Like you love Jesus.
It does the same thing
To their souls.

'Cause it can feel like perfection,
But never all the time.
And you don't wanna be alone again.
Oh my, my.

Here am I a fallen arrow.
My load is wide, my street is narrow.
My skin is thicker, my heart is tougher.
I don't mind workin', but I'm scared to suffer.
You know? You know?

I'm an insider, I been burned by the fire.
And I've had to live with some hard promises.
I've crawled through the briars,
I'm an insider.

I think for it to be unhip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me had some sense of hope in them.

The waiting is the hardest part.
Every day you see one more card.
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart.
The waiting is the hardest part.

Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.