Tom Petty Quotes

I'm old enough to have lived in a country where, if you were willing to work hard, you could have a fairly nice life. You could support your family, and even get a shot at owning your own home. But you never thought you'd get a swimming pool. Now culture has hypnotised people into thinking they're really nothing if they're not wealthy and a Kardashian.

We're overdue for a dream come true.
Long time, nothing new.
We're overdue for a dream come true.

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

For just a minute there I was dreaming.
For just a minute it was all so real.
For just a minute she was standing there, with me.

Well I fought for you;
I fought too hard.
To do it all again babe,
It's gone too far.

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

There is no sense in pretending,
Your eyes give you away.
Something inside you is feeling like I do,
We've said all there is to say.

People come, people go
Some grow young, some grow cold
I woke up in between
A memory and a dream

So let's get to the point, let's roll another joint
Let's head on down the road
There's somewhere I gotta go
And you don't know how it feels
You don't know how it feels to be me

She's got nothing to hide,
And she hides it so well.
Keeps broken dreams
To fix up and sell.

I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things. You have four years to be irresponsible here, relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember the time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So stay out late. Go out with your friends on a Tuesday when you have a paper due on Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does...

Well she grew up hard, and she grew up fast
In the age of television.
And she made a vow to have it all;
It became her new religion.

Oh baby, don't it feel like heaven right now,
Don't it feel like something from a dream.

Hey hey hey
I was born a rebel
Down in Dixie on a Sunday morning
Yeah, with one foot in the grave
And one foot on the pedal
I was born a rebel, born a rebel

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. It's damn dangerous. TV does not care about you or what happens to you. It's downright bad for your health now, and that's not a far-out concept. I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health. The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.

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.