--- title: "15 Ifs Quotes By Tom Petty" description: "15 Ifs quotes by Tom Petty. Plus more from Tom Petty and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/tom-petty-2030_art_we-could-move-catalog-if-he-d-only-die-q_1931139.png" --- > [We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/we-could-move-catalog-if-he-d-only-die-quicker/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/tom-petty-2030_art_we-could-move-catalog-if-he-d-only-die-q_1931139.png) > [If you don't run, you rust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/if-you-don-t-run-you-rust/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/tom-petty-2030_ifs_if-you-don-t-run-you-rust-1683156_1683156.png) > [If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/if-i-d-had-to-work-at-taco-bell-i-d-have-still-been-out-at-night/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/tom-petty-2030_bells_if-i-d-had-to-work-at-taco-bell-i-d-have_1638630.png) > [If 20,000 people start to sing, you tend to go along with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/if-20-000-people-start-to-sing-you-tend-to-go-along-with-it/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/tom-petty-2030_ifs_if-20-000-people-start-to-sing-you-tend_928185.png) > [Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/yeah-the-world-would-swing-if-i-were-king-can-i-help-it-if-i-still/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a4/tom-petty-2030_dream_yeah-the-world-would-swing-if-i-were-kin_1547251.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/tom-petty-2030_games_if-you-stretch-your-imagination-i-ll-tel_195169.png) > [The truth is that if you play on TV there is always a sponsor. There is no way around it. I've already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/the-truth-is-that-if-you-play-on-tv-there-is-always-a-sponsor-there/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/688/tom-petty-2030_ifs_the-truth-is-that-if-you-play-on-tv-ther_391981.png) > [If you look around at America, that's one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6c/tom-petty-2030_america_if-you-look-around-at-america-that-s-one_162549.png) > [Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/some-days-are-diamonds-some-days-are-rocks-some-doors-are-opened-some/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/tom-petty-2030_adages_some-days-are-diamonds-some-days-are-roc_493260.png) > [The music has to be affordable. It's the common man that keeps it going, and if you price it out of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/the-music-has-to-be-affordable-it-s-the-common-man-that-keeps-it/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/tom-petty-2030_affordable_the-music-has-to-be-affordable-it-s-the_2238194.png) > [You spend your life dreaming, running 'round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/you-spend-your-life-dreaming-running-round-in-a-trance-you-hang-out/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/tom-petty-2030_dance_you-spend-your-life-dreaming-running-rou_1937221.png) > [If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/if-you-listen-long-enough-you-can-hear-my-skin-grow-tough-love-is/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/tom-petty-2030_enough_if-you-listen-long-enough-you-can-hear-m_2836331.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/you-re-dealing-in-magic-it-s-this-intangible-thing-that-has-to-happen/) [Tom Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-petty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45d/tom-petty-2030_essence_you-re-dealing-in-magic-it-s-this-intang_524229.png) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11d/tom-petty-2030_behinds_i-m-more-interested-in-what-i-m-going-to_289970.png) > [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 Ifs ## 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/ifs/tom-petty/#itemlist", "name": "15 Ifs Quotes By Tom Petty", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Petty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/we-could-move-catalog-if-he-d-only-die-quicker/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/tom-petty-2030_art_we-could-move-catalog-if-he-d-only-die-q_1931139.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/tom-petty-2030_art_we-could-move-catalog-if-he-d-only-die-q_1931139.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/tom-petty-2030_art_we-could-move-catalog-if-he-d-only-die-q_1931139.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker.” — Tom Petty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you don't run, you rust.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Petty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/if-you-don-t-run-you-rust/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/tom-petty-2030_ifs_if-you-don-t-run-you-rust-1683156_1683156.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/tom-petty-2030_ifs_if-you-don-t-run-you-rust-1683156_1683156.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/tom-petty-2030_ifs_if-you-don-t-run-you-rust-1683156_1683156.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you don't run, you rust.” — Tom Petty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Petty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/if-i-d-had-to-work-at-taco-bell-i-d-have-still-been-out-at-night/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/tom-petty-2030_bells_if-i-d-had-to-work-at-taco-bell-i-d-have_1638630.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/tom-petty-2030_bells_if-i-d-had-to-work-at-taco-bell-i-d-have_1638630.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/tom-petty-2030_bells_if-i-d-had-to-work-at-taco-bell-i-d-have_1638630.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music.” — Tom Petty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If 20,000 people start to sing, you tend to go along with it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Petty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-petty/if-20-000-people-start-to-sing-you-tend-to-go-along-with-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/tom-petty-2030_ifs_if-20-000-people-start-to-sing-you-tend_928185.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/tom-petty-2030_ifs_if-20-000-people-start-to-sing-you-tend_928185.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/tom-petty-2030_ifs_if-20-000-people-start-to-sing-you-tend_928185.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If 20,000 people start to sing, you tend to go along with it.” — Tom Petty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. 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