"I don't believe in censorship, but I do……" — Tom Petty

I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist… - 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 putting out there."

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113 Quotes by Tom Petty

Tom Petty has 113 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I like a good beer. Of course, I'll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of…
I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best…
And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It's hard to find a…
You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one…
I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have…
You're dealing in magic-it's this intangible thing that has to happen. And to seek it out too much might not…
I'll stand my ground and I won't back down...
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…
The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.
Most magic is a trick, an illusion. But [when The Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show], this was real. Man…
George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and…
He [George Harrison] told me he really, really admired John [Lennon]. He probably wanted John's acceptance pretty bad, you know?

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Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor… — Chinua Achebe
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an… — Norman Ralph Augustine
Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. — Sebastian Bach
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political… — Kevin Bacon
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I… — Erykah Badu
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint… — Erykah Badu

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