Tom Petty: Quotes about feelings

“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

Wildflowers
Lyrics, Wildflowers (1994)

Love , Feeling , Sea

“It's alright if you love me,
It's alright if you don't.
I'm not afraid of you runnin' away,
Honey I get the feeling you won't.”

Tom Petty

Breakdown
Lyrics, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (1974)

Love , Feeling

“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”

Tom Petty

Don't Fade On Me, written with Mike Campbell
Lyrics, Wildflowers (1994)

Way , Feeling

“And no I can't find no reason to explain the way that I feel.
I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.”

Tom Petty

All Mixed Up
Lyrics, Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) (1987)

Way , Feeling , Time

“One more night, God I've had to fight
To keep my line of sight on what's real
One more day I fear I've lost my way
I don't know how to say what I feel.”

Tom Petty

One More Day, One More Night
Lyrics, Echo (1999)

God , Fear , Way , Feeling

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

Tom Petty

Ain't Love Strange
Lyrics, Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) (1987)

Feeling , Time , Perfection

“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.”

Tom Petty

Breakdown
Lyrics, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (1974)

Feeling , Sense

“You follow your feelings, you follow your dreams;
You follow the leader into the trees.
And what's in there waiting, neither one of us knows.
You gotta keep one eye open the further you go.”

Tom Petty

Wake Up Time
Lyrics, Wildflowers (1994)

Dreams , Feeling , Tree , Waiting

“It's good to be king and have your own way,
Get a feeling of peace at the end of the day.”

Tom Petty

It's Good To Be King
Lyrics, Wildflowers (1994)

Peace , Way , Feeling

“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.”

Tom Petty

Rebels
Lyrics, Southern Accents (1985)

Way , Feeling

“I don't feel you anymore.
You darken my door.
Whatever you're looking for.
Hey don't come around here no more.”

Tom Petty

Don't Come Around Here No More, written with Dave Stewart
Lyrics, Southern Accents (1985)

Feeling

“I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem. You know, I saw a billboard in New York I wish I had photographed. It was for the TNN network. It said three words against a patriotic background of red, white and blue — BIGGER, YOUNGER, RICHER. Now, I find that fascinating: 'Bigger, younger, richer.' This whole idea of being wealthy has gone too far. I never ride in a limousine, you know. I feel gross if I get in a limousine. One good thing about the sixties was it sort of was the opposite back then. You looked silly trying to appear rich.”

Tom Petty

Rolling Stone interview (2002)

Life , Feeling , Idea , Thinking

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

Tom Petty

The Waiting
Lyrics, Hard Promises (1981)

Dreams , Feeling , Baby