Tom Petty Quotes

Yeah and it's over before you know it
It all goes by so fast
Yeah the bad nights take forever
And the good nights don't ever seem to last

There were times apart, there were times together.
I was pledged to her for worse or better.
When it mattered most I let her down.
That's the way it goes, it'll all work out.

I had to learn a new way of playing. I had to practice a lot, and just find ways around the limitations. So it was a bad idea to break my hand.

You said you were doing a lot of cocaine. Did that affect your songwriting?

No. I think it affected my breaking my hand.

I just catch myself wonderin', waitin', worryin' bout some silly little things that don't add up to nothin'.

I was talkin' with a friend of mine,
Said a woman done hurt his pride.
Told him that she loved him so, then
Turned around and let him go.
Then he said "you'd better watch your step"
Or you're gonna get hurt yourself.
Someone's gonna tell you lies
Cut you down to size...

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.

I don't believe the good times are over.
I don't believe the thrill is all gone.
Real love is a man's salvation;
The weak ones fall, the strong carry on.

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

It just seems so useless to have to work so hard,
And nothin' ever really seems to come from it.

I don't want to end up
In a room all alone
Don't want to end up someone
That I don't even know.

I'm so tired of being tired.
Sure as night will follow day,
Most things I worry about
Never happen anyway.

I remember feeling this way,
You can lose it without knowing.
You wake up and you don't notice
Which way the wind is blowing

I can't save you from yourself, you gotta want it.

And you may think it's all over.
But there'll be more just like me
Who won't give in;
Who'll rise again.
Can't stop a man from dreaming.

I've got someone who loves me tonight.
I've got over a thousand dollars in the bank,
And I'm all right.