Tom Petty

You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don't take life for granted any more.…

— Tom Petty

“Well I won't back down No I won't back down You can stand me up at the gates of hell But I…

— 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…

— Tom Petty

How 'bout a cheer for all those bad girls? And all those boys that play that rock and roll? They love it…

— Tom Petty

I want to be successful. Not just money. Just making a successful record and a successful show... I could feel successful without…

— Tom Petty

I'm so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.

— Tom Petty

If you look around at America, that's one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at…

— Tom Petty

I'm not any happier anywhere than when I'm in the studio. I'm over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it…

— Tom Petty

“People come, people go Some grow young, some grow cold I woke up in between A memory and a dream So let's…

— Tom Petty

I don't eat fish and chicken and all that. But I will have some eggs. So I'm not technically a vegan. But…

— Tom Petty

I tend to write on an acoustic guitar or the piano. I have kind of a rule: if I can't sit down…

— 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…

— Tom Petty

“I had to learn a new way of playing. I had to practice a lot, and just find ways around the limitations.…

— Tom Petty

Songwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and…

— Tom Petty

You're dealing in magic-it's this intangible thing that has to happen. And to seek it out too much might not be a…

— Tom Petty

I think, in America, for a long time you had groups that wanted to be stars more than they wanted to make…

— Tom Petty

Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the…

— 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

The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to…

— Tom Petty

I like making money like anybody else, and I'm paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can…

— Tom Petty

That's stupid. You couldn't pay me to go. I'm not oversimplifying it. That's what's going on. I don't think it would be…

— Tom Petty

The truth is that if you play on TV there is always a sponsor. There is no way around it. I've already…

— Tom Petty

My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she's a swinger dating a singer,…

— Tom Petty

I think sometimes maybe you're going to connect with the audience more than others, but the journey is about getting all there…

— Tom Petty

Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.

— Tom Petty

When you kill somebody's little sister with a missile, he's going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you…

— Tom Petty

I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to…

— Tom Petty

Rock isn't a young music anymore. I don't think it's necessarily even a youth-oriented music.

— Tom Petty

As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you'll pay for what you used to get for…

— 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…

— Tom Petty