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title: "4 Hardest Quotes By Tom Petty"
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> [Well, I started out down a dirty road Started out all alone And the sun went down as I crossed the hill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/well-i-started-out-down-a-dirty-road-started-out-all-alone-and-the/)

[Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/)

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> [I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/i-m-learning-to-fly-but-i-ain-t-got-wings-coming-down-is-the-hardest/)

[Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/)

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> [The waiting is the hardest part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/the-waiting-is-the-hardest-part/)

[Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/)

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> [The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/the-waiting-is-the-hardest-part-every-day-you-get-one-more-yard-you/)

[Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/)

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## Other authors on Hardest

## 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/)

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