Quotes by Tom Petty

About Tom Petty:

Thomas Earl is an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but is also known as a member and co-founder of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys (under the pseudonyms of Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. and Muddy Wilbury) and Mudcrutch.
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Well I won't back down No I won't back down You can stand me up at the gates of hell But I won't back down

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.

Tom Petty

I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.

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.

Tom Petty

Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

Tom Petty

I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.

Tom Petty

We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted.

Tom Petty

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

Tom Petty

There used to be this real sense of community integrity in rock. It has really eroded. Everyone seems to be on their own now.

Tom Petty

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

Tom Petty

When I was a kid, we didn't have any blues stations. I never heard Howlin' Wolf or Muddy Waters or any of those people until the Stones had come along, and I took it upon myself to find out who these people were that they were covering.

Tom Petty

I would never put my songs in a commercial.

Tom Petty

I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does.

Tom Petty

Sometimes, giving up your privacy is a little like going to the dentist and we have let him have access that no one's ever had.

Tom Petty

When I met Elvis, we didn't really have a conversation. I was introduced by my uncle, and he sort of grunted my way. What stays with me is the whole scene. I had never seen a real mob scene before. I was really young and impressionable. Elvis really ...

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Rock n' roll was one thing, and then they chopped off the 'roll' and called it 'rock,' which became a sort of umbrella term for anything with a guitar in it. Like hair bands. How could we possibly believe that? It's just gotten downright silly, to th...

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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 you...

Tom Petty

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 cul...

Tom Petty

Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.

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The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.

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Author Bio

  • NameTom Petty
  • DescriptionAmerican musician
  • BornOctober 20, 1950
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer; Singer-songwriter; Musician; Composer