--- title: "10 Hard Quotes By Tom Petty" description: "10 Hard quotes by Tom Petty. Plus more from Tom Petty and more Hard sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/tom-petty-2030_age_she-grew-up-hard-and-she-grew-up-fast-in_547978.png" --- > [She grew up hard and she grew up fast, in the age of television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/she-grew-up-hard-and-she-grew-up-fast-in-the-age-of-television/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/tom-petty-2030_age_she-grew-up-hard-and-she-grew-up-fast-in_547978.png) > [As time goes by, you seem to weed out the things that were making your life hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/as-time-goes-by-you-seem-to-weed-out-the-things-that-were-making-your/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/tom-petty-2030_hard_as-time-goes-by-you-seem-to-weed-out-the_22844.png) > [I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it's so hard to kick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/i-never-could-have-dreamed-that-her-heart-was-so-wicked-but-i-keep/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/tom-petty-2030_coming-back_i-never-could-have-dreamed-that-her-hear_209897.png) > [I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/i-think-to-be-successful-you-have-to-work-really-hard-but-you-also/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/949/tom-petty-2030_being-successful_i-think-to-be-successful-you-have-to-wor_2031056.png) > [It just seems to useless to have to work so hard, and nothing ever really seem to come from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/it-just-seems-to-useless-to-have-to-work-so-hard-and-nothing-ever/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/tom-petty-2030_hard_it-just-seems-to-useless-to-have-to-work_1378190.png) > [Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/good-loving-is-hard-to-find-you-got-lucky-babe-when-i-found-you/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/tom-petty-2030_babe_good-loving-is-hard-to-find-you-got-luck_2855860.png) > [An average show is two hours. And that's usually right up to the curfew or the union triple time. I always feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/an-average-show-is-two-hours-and-that-s-usually-right-up-to-the/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b53/tom-petty-2030_attention_an-average-show-is-two-hours-and-that-s_662473.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/it-s-hard-for-me-if-i-don-t-have-a-project-going-i-don-t-feel-like-i/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a7/tom-petty-2030_anything_it-s-hard-for-me-if-i-don-t-have-a-proje_1502306.png) > [The energy of the crowd is insane. Twenty thousand people. It's the biggest jolt of adrenaline. It's very hard to explain. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/the-energy-of-the-crowd-is-insane-twenty-thousand-people-it-s-the/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/tom-petty-2030_about_the-energy-of-the-crowd-is-insane-twenty_2905724.jpg) > [I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/i-don-t-believe-in-censorship-but-i-do-believe-that-an-artist-has-to/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/tom-petty-2030_art_i-don-t-believe-in-censorship-but-i-do-b_132055.png) ## Other authors on Hard ## More by Tom Petty > [Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/where-the-sky-begins-the-horizon-ends-despite-the-best-intentions/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) > [As time goes by, you seem to weed out the things that were making your life hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/as-time-goes-by-you-seem-to-weed-out-the-things-that-were-making-your/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) > [I would never put my songs in a commercial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/i-would-never-put-my-songs-in-a-commercial/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) > [Take back your insurance, baby, nothing is guaranteed. Take back your acid rain, let your TV bleed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/take-back-your-insurance-baby-nothing-is-guaranteed-take-back-your/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) > [The great thing about the Wilburys was that none of us had to take the heat by ourselves. I was just a member of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/the-great-thing-about-the-wilburys-was-that-none-of-us-had-to-take/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 she is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/i-don-t-believe-in-censorship-but-i-do-believe-that-an-artist-has-to/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) > [Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/any-time-you-re-making-a-living-at-what-you-love-to-do-you-re-blessed/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) > [A rebel without a clue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/a-rebel-without-a-clue/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 a profit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/if-you-look-around-at-america-that-s-one-of-its-biggest-problems-is/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) > [Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/even-the-losers-get-lucky-sometimes-even-the-losers-keep-a-little-bit/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) > [If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn't up for sale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/if-you-stretch-your-imagination-i-ll-tell-you-all-a-tale-about-a-time/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) > [Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can't stay long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/buy-me-a-drink-sing-me-a-song-take-me-as-i-come-cause-i-can-t-stay/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) > [I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it's so hard to kick it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/i-never-could-have-dreamed-that-her-heart-was-so-wicked-but-i-keep/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) > [She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/she-s-a-good-girl-crazy-about-elvis-loves-horses-and-her-boyfriend-too/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) > [I'm more interested in what I'm going to leave behind me than in making a big hit record. I've refined what I do for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/i-m-more-interested-in-what-i-m-going-to-leave-behind-me-than-in/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hard/tom-petty/#itemlist", "name": "10 Hard Quotes By Tom Petty", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "She grew up hard and she grew up fast, in the age of television.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Petty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/she-grew-up-hard-and-she-grew-up-fast-in-the-age-of-television/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/tom-petty-2030_age_she-grew-up-hard-and-she-grew-up-fast-in_547978.png", "contentUrl": 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