Tom Petty

The waiting is the hardest part.

— Tom Petty

But not me, baby, I've got you to save me.

— Tom Petty

I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.

— Tom Petty

Some grow young, some grow cold...

— Tom Petty

If you don't run, you rust.

— Tom Petty

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

— Tom Petty

I love doing my 'Buried Treasure' show.

— Tom Petty

At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.

— Tom Petty

I didn't think you could just become a rock and roll singer.

— Tom Petty

Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.

— Tom Petty

So I started out for God knows where. I guess I'll know when I get there.

— Tom Petty

I think if I'd quit years ago, I'd never have known what I was capable of doing.

— Tom Petty

Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?

— Tom Petty

The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.

— Tom Petty

Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.

— Tom Petty

Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow.

— Tom Petty

I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or…

— Tom Petty

Sometimes, giving up your privacy is a little like going to the dentist and we have let him have access that no…

— Tom Petty

In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I'm gonna stand my ground, and I won't back down...

— Tom Petty

If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of…

— Tom Petty

I'm tired of screwing up. I'm tired of being down. I'm tired of myself. I'm tired of bein' down.

— Tom Petty

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

— Tom Petty

If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn't up for sale.

— Tom Petty

Most magic is a trick, an illusion. But [when The Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show], this was real. Man oh man,…

— Tom Petty

TV does not care about you or what happens to you. It's downright bad for your health now, and that's not a…

— Tom Petty

I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or…

— Tom Petty

It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But…

— Tom Petty

Making a record? You've got to have the song, then you create a record. I think it's the same with a live…

— 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…

— Tom Petty

It's hard for me... If I don't have a project going, I don't feel like I'm connected to anything. I don't even…

— Tom Petty

My family wasn't involved in the college. They were more of just your 'white trash' kind of family. And so I have…

— Tom Petty

I'm certainly not a Robin Hood, I'm not that way. I don't want to come through, burn everybody for $200 a ticket…

— Tom Petty

Well, I started out down a dirty road Started out all alone And the sun went down as I crossed the hill…

— Tom Petty

I didn't worry about my career ending, but there were days where I felt pretty beat up by it all and just…

— Tom Petty

I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things. You have four years to be irresponsible here, relax. Work…

— Tom Petty

Artists aren't necessarily business people. And they aren't necessarily aware of all the things that go on in their names. Some just…

— Tom Petty

There's a freeway running through the yard.

— Tom Petty

I got my own way of praying.

— Tom Petty

I would never put my songs in a commercial.

— Tom Petty

You belong somewhere you feel free.

— Tom Petty