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

Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick involved with it. It's pure and it's real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.

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If you're not getting older, you're dead.

From Tom Petty

You and I will meet again, When we're least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won't say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.

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I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.

From Tom Petty

I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.

From Tom Petty

I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.

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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.

From Tom Petty

When I go to see people, I always kind of hope they are going to play some kind of songs I know. So you've got to know your audience. It's kind of something that is a blessing and a curse in a way. You're obligated to play some of that stuff that people know, but I don't think that's all you have to do.

From Tom Petty

Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.

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