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" My hours get kinda backwards. Most of the time, we're basing out of one town, flying out, doing the show, then flying back. And it's a pace that no one would believe, really. Unless you've done it, you really can't understand what it is. And if you're not really experienced and know how to do it, you will fall. "

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" I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does. "

Tom Petty

Audience

Idea

" If you're not getting older, you're dead. "

" There's nothing like that feeling of having just written a song that you know is 'the song,' and you know it's really great, and you can't wait to share it with people; you can't wait to record it. "

" The radio has so many rules, and songs don't. You don't necessarily write to a rule book unless you're, like, just doing it professionally, which has never been my thing. "

" When you get on the back side of your 60s, most people aren't working. "

" 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. "

" I like to be an optimist, but I like to be a realist, too. "

Tom Petty

Too

Optimist

" 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. "

" As time goes by, you seem to weed out the things that were making your life hard. "

" I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem. "

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

Tom Petty

Money

Down

" 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. "

" Sometimes, giving up your privacy is a little like going to the dentist and we have let him have access that no one's ever had. "

" Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success. "

Tom Petty

Rent

Far

" An average show is two hours. And that's usually right up to the curfew or the union triple time. I always feel like I could have played a little longer or something, but it's hard for me to pay attention to anything for longer than that. "

" Rock isn't a young music anymore. I don't think it's necessarily even a youth-oriented music. "

" Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person. "

" TV does not care about you or what happens to you. It's downright bad for your health now, and that's not a far-out concept. I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health. "

" 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. "

" When I was 15 or 16 playing in groups, we used to sit in the car and try to write the lyrics down as a song was playing, and we'd assign each person a verse, you know: 'I'm going to do the first one. You go for the second one.' And then sometimes you'd wait an hour for it to come on again so you could finish it up. "

" Making a record? You've got to have the song, then you create a record. I think it's the same with a live performance. If the material is strong, you're already 90% there. I always tell young people it's all about the music, the songs. Work on the songs, work on the songs, work on the songs. "

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

" I think that if people realize that with an mp3, you're only getting five percent of the sound that's there. But when you hear the entire thing... I think it would save the music business. It's such a drastic change. "

" I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy. "

" A good song should give you a lot of images; you should be able to make your own little movie in your head to a good song. "

" I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily. "

" Most things I worry about never happen anyway. "

" The great thing about the Wilburys was that none of us had to take the heat by ourselves. I was just a member of the band. Nobody felt like he was above anybody else. We had such a good time. "

" I've been more and more into production lately, and I really, really love that. I love recording. "

Tom Petty

Been

Love

" 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. "