110+ Tom Petty Quotes On Music, Death And Worry

Tom Petty was an American musician and songwriter. He was the frontman of the band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and was also a member of the supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. He released a string of hit singles throughout his career, including "Free Fallin'", "American Girl", and "I Won't Back Down". Following is our collection on famous quotes by Tom Petty on life, music, death.

Top 10 Tom Petty Quotes

1. You and I will meet again, When we're least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won't say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.
2. Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can't stay long.
3. Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success.
4. Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.
5. You belong somewhere you feel free.
6. The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
7. You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
8. Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
9. You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
10. Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.

Tom Petty Image Quotes

You belong somewhere you feel free. — Tom Petty

Most things I worry about never happen anyway. — Tom Petty

Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions. — Tom Petty

Tom Petty Short Quotes

• I've got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
• Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
• If you're not getting older, you're dead.
• Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
• I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
• God, it's so painful when something that's so close is still so far out of reach.
• You believe what you want to believe
• At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
• You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won't back down.
• If you don't run, you rust.

Tom Petty Quotes About Life

Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown. — Tom Petty

What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. — 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

You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don't take life for granted any more. I'm really glad to be here. — Tom Petty

It's very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it's really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music. — Tom Petty

I'm not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better. — Tom Petty

You spend your life dreaming, running 'round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come. — Tom Petty

Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick involved with it. It's pure and it's real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things. — Tom Petty

Tom Petty Quotes About Music

It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music. — Tom Petty

I'm always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun. — Tom Petty

We haven't always been boy scouts, but we never lost sight of the music, Let me remind you that this ain't the end. — Tom Petty

The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit. — Tom Petty

If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music. — Tom Petty

I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying. — Tom Petty

The music has to be affordable. It's the common man that keeps it going, and if you price it out of his realm, it becomes a thing of the elite. — Tom Petty

There was no use pretending, no magic left to hear, all the music gave me was a craving for lite beer. — Tom Petty

I don't know, my music has always just come from where the wind blew me. Like where I'm at during a particular moment in time. — 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 soul. It must come from the soul. — Tom Petty

Tom Petty Quotes About Love

She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too. — Tom Petty

Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed. — Tom Petty

I always tell my kids, "Find something that you love and within that you'll find some job that you can do and you'll always be happy. You'll go to a job that you want to go to." — Tom Petty

How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock 'n' roll! They love it like you love Jesus. — Tom Petty

If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff. — Tom Petty

Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you. — Tom Petty

I love the music. I'm never, ever tired of playing it. — Tom Petty

George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you. — Tom Petty

I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated. — Tom Petty

You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free — Tom Petty

Tom Petty Quotes About Rock

Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away. And if I never do nothing, I'll get you back someday. — Tom Petty

Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing. — Tom Petty

There used to be this real sense of community integrity in rock. It has really eroded. Everyone seems to be on their own now. — Tom Petty

There was rock and roll across the dial, when I think of her it makes me smile. — 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, I can't decide which is worse. — Tom Petty

Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king. — Tom Petty

Tom Petty Quotes About People

'Free Fallin'' is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem. But I'm grateful that people like it. — Tom Petty

We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted. — Tom Petty

If 20,000 people start to sing, you tend to go along with it. — 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 is to get out of this group of people. — Tom Petty

Tom Petty Famous Quotes And Sayings

You belong somewhere you feel free. — Tom Petty

Most things I worry about never happen anyway. — 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 it makes me happy, and it makes millions of people happy." It's an obligation, it's bigger than you. It's the only true magic I know. It's not pulling a rabbit out of a hat; it's real. It's your soul floating out to theirs. — Tom Petty

Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions. — Tom Petty

Yeah and it's over before you know it It all goes by so fast Yeah the bad nights take forever And the good nights don't ever seem to last — Tom Petty

Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing. — Tom Petty

I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health. — Tom Petty

I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality. — Tom Petty

I don't understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That's not gonna work out, you know? It's a waste of your time! — 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. — Tom Petty

A rebel without a clue. — Tom Petty

Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time. — Tom Petty

And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It's hard to find a friend. It's hard to find a friend. — Tom Petty

I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone. — Tom Petty

Let's get to the point Let's roll another joint — Tom Petty

There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice. — Tom Petty

If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn't up for sale. — Tom Petty

Just wonderin', waitin', worryin' about some silly little things, that just don't add up to nothin'. — Tom Petty

I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them. — Tom Petty

I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it's such a drag when you're livin' in the past — Tom Petty

I like a good beer. Of course, I'll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel's remedy. — Tom Petty

At the end of the day, you're just phonograph records. — Tom Petty

I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times — 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 even more. — Tom Petty

Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm Tired of this town again — 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. — Tom Petty

So I started out for God knows where. I guess I'll know when I get there. — Tom Petty

When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money. I was sort of giving up the idea of making a lot of money. It was what I loved to do. I would have done it anyway. If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music. — Tom Petty

But not me, baby, I've got you to save me. — Tom Petty

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

It's always been great to be onstage. It's really effortless up there. It's not a lot of work. — Tom Petty

It's better to burn out, then to fade away. — 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. And I think a lot of these young kids are going to have to learn the hard way before they realize that you can actually do some damage if you're being careless or frivolous in what you're saying. — Tom Petty

Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl. — Tom Petty

I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy. — Tom Petty

I'm certainly not a Robin Hood, I'm not that way. I don't want to come through, burn everybody for $200 a ticket and then they can't afford to come see me again. Plus, I just don't think it's right. I don't think we need that much money. I just do what seems like the logical thing to do. — Tom Petty

Take back your insurance, baby, nothing is guaranteed. Take back your acid rain, let your TV bleed. — 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 good idea. Because, you know, it's very shy, too. But once you've got the essence of them, you can work songs and improve them. You see if there's a better word, or a better change. — Tom Petty

Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow. — Tom Petty

I'll stand my ground and I won't back down. — Tom Petty

I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real. — Tom Petty

I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily. — Tom Petty

When I met Elvis, we didn't really have a conversation. I was introduced by my uncle, and he sort of grunted my way. What stays with me is the whole scene. I had never seen a real mob scene before. I was really young and impressionable. Elvis really did look - he looked sort of not real, as if he were glowing. — Tom Petty

He [George Harrison] told me he really, really admired John [Lennon]. He probably wanted John's acceptance pretty bad, you know? — 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 free. — Tom Petty

Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane. — Tom Petty

I think television's become a downright dangerous thing. It has no moral barometer whatsoever. If you want to talk about something that is all about money, just watch the television. — Tom Petty

You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out. — Tom Petty

The waiting is the hardest part. — Tom Petty

We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker. — Tom Petty

I got my own way of praying. — 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

I started playing the bass because nobody else would play the bass, and then I got bumped up into singing because no one else really wanted to sing. So I learned how to sing and I wrote the songs, so I tended to get the most attention. — Tom Petty

Bring me a girl, they're always the best. You put 'em on stage, and you have 'em undress. — Tom Petty

There's a freeway running through the yard. — 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 passed on so much money I don't worry about it anymore. — Tom Petty

I'm not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that's become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit. — Tom Petty

No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn. — Tom Petty

I didn't worry about my career ending, but there were days where I felt pretty beat up by it all and just pretty tired, because they didn't make it easy for me. And coming right off the last lawsuit, it was the last thing I wanted to get involved in. When it was over, we didn't really celebrate, we were just exhausted. I lost all interest in the record business and never wanted to do anything except hand in a record again. — Tom Petty

I'm actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I've had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing. — Tom Petty

I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things. You have four years to be irresponsible here, relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember the time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So stay out late. Go out with your friends on a Tuesday when you have a paper due on Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does... — Tom Petty

I've always had a great love for the blues. — Tom Petty

Eddie waited 'til he finished high school, he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo. — Tom Petty

I would never put my songs in a commercial. — Tom Petty

Life Lessons by Tom Petty

1. Tom Petty taught us to never give up and keep fighting for what we believe in, no matter how hard it may seem. He also showed us the importance of staying true to ourselves and following our passions.
2. He showed us that it's ok to take risks and be creative, even if it means going against the grain.
3. Lastly, he taught us to always be kind and generous, and that success is not about money or fame, but about making a positive impact on the world.