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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

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I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated. ↗

— Tom Petty

#fascinated #history #i #i love #love

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

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Yale places great stress on undergraduate and graduate teaching. I like teaching, and I do a lot of it. ↗

— James Tobin

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I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty. ↗

— Phaedrus

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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. ↗

— Tom Petty

#already #always #create #got #i

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

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The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song together, and it wasn't that bad! The writing came natural to me. ↗

— Tom Petty

#bad #came #electric #electric guitar #first

When I was a kid, we didn't have any blues stations. I never heard Howlin' Wolf or Muddy Waters or any of those people until the Stones had come along, and I took it upon myself to find out who these people were that they were covering. ↗

— Tom Petty

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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

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