Tom Petty: Trending quotes (page 6)

“As we celebrate mediocrity,
All the boys upstairs want to see
How much you'll pay for
What you used to get for free.”

Tom Petty

The Last DJ
Lyrics, The Last DJ (2002)

Boy

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Square One
Lyrics, Highway Companion (2006)

Dogs

“Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain.
I feel summer creepin' in and I'm tired of this town again.”

Tom Petty

Mary Jane's Last Dance
Lyrics, Greatest Hits (1993)

Pain , Feeling , Time , Dance

“And it's hard to say
Who you are these days.
But you run on anyway,
Don't you baby?”

Tom Petty

Saving Grace
Lyrics, Highway Companion (2006)

Baby

“Think of me what you will,
I've got a little space to fill.”

Tom Petty

You Don't Know How it Feels
Lyrics, Wildflowers (1994)

Thinking

“But let me get to the point, let's roll another joint,
And turn the radio loud, I'm too alone to be proud.
You don't know how it feels,
You don't know how it feels, to be me.”

Tom Petty

You Don't Know How it Feels
Lyrics, Wildflowers (1994)

Feeling

“Restless sleep, twisted dreams
Moving targets, silent screams.
Restless city, restless street
Restless you, restless me.”

Tom Petty

Restless
Lyrics, You're Gonna Get It! (1978)

Dreams , Sleep

“Oh my love if I reveal
Every secret I've concealed,
How many thoughts would you steal,
How much of my pain would you feel?”

Tom Petty

Rhino Skin
Lyrics, Echo (1999)

Love , Pain , Secret , Feeling

“She's a woman in love
And he's gonna break her heart to pieces.
She don't want to see.
She's a woman in love, but it's not me.”

Tom Petty

A Woman in Love (It's Not Me), written with Mike Campbell
Lyrics, Hard Promises (1981)

Love , Heart

“I need to know(I need to know)
I need to know(I need to know)
If you think you're gonna leave,
Then you better say so.”

Tom Petty

I Need to Know
Lyrics, You're Gonna Get It! (1978)

Thinking

“Look deep in the eyes of love
And find out what you were looking for.”

Tom Petty

Room At The Top
Lyrics, Echo (1999)

Love

“So if I come to your door,
let me sleep on your floor.
I'll give you all I have and a little more.”

Tom Petty

Down South
Lyrics, Highway Companion (2006)

Sleep

“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'm not condoning downloading music for free. I don't think that's really fair, but I understand it. If you brought CD prices back down to $8.98, you would solve a lot of the industry's problems.”

Tom Petty

Rolling Stone interview (2002)

People , Music , Way , Understanding

“In the dark of the sun will you save me a place?
Give me hope, give me comfort, get me to a better place?”

Tom Petty

The Dark Of The Sun, written with Jeff Lynne
Lyrics, Into The Great Wide Open (1991)

Hope , Sun

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

Tom Petty

Hung Up And Overdue
Lyrics, Songs and Music from "She's the One" (1996)

Dreams , Time

“I feel sorry for kids these days. They get so much homework. Remember the days when we put a belt around our two books and carried them home? Now they're dragging a suitcase. They have school all day, then homework from six until eleven. There's no time left to be creative. The hardest part for me is when my thirteen-year-old is complaining about the workload. I agree with him. I'm supposed to be responsible and support the teacher. But it's like, "You're right, son. This is bullshit."”

Tom Petty

Esquire interview (2006)

Books , School , Feeling , Home

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

Tom Petty

Damaged By Love
Lyrics, Highway Companion (2006)

Dreams

“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.”

Tom Petty

Straight Into Darkness
Lyrics, Long After Dark (1982)

Love , Strong , Time

“I wanna glide down over Mulholland.
I wanna write her name in the sky.
Gonna free fall out into nothing.
Gonna leave this world for a while.”

Tom Petty

Free Fallin
Lyrics, Full Moon Fever (1989)

World

“You don't hear any more of, 'Hey, we did something creative and we turned a profit, how about that?' Everywhere we look, we want to make the most money possible. This is a dangerous, corrupt notion. That's where you see the advent of programming on the radio, and radio research, all these silly things. That has made pop music what it is today. Everything — morals, truth — is all going out the window in favor of profit.”

Tom Petty

Rolling Stone interview (2002)

Money , Truth , Music