Quotes by Tom Petty

“It’s very uncomfortable to hear them used when I don’t agree with what’s being said. But I recognize that those songs have entered into a bigger life, a life all their own. They belong to the audie...”

“It's alright if you love me,It's alright if you don't.I'm not afraid of you runnin' away,Honey I get the feeling you won't.”

“There is no sense in pretending,Your eyes give you away.Something inside you is feeling like I do,We've said all there is to say.”

“Well she was an American girl, raised on promises.She couldn't help thinkin' that there was a little more to life somewhere else.After all, it was a great big world with lots of places to run to.Ye...”

“And for one desperate momentThere he crept back in her memory.God it's so painful, something that's so closeIs still so far out of reach.”

“Little miss queen of hearts you're a strange thing.Why you wanna stay so vague?I'm wandering through this mess you've madeTo see what I can save.”

“I need to know(I need to know)I need to know(I need to know)If you think you're gonna leave,Then you better say so.”

“She's gonna listen to her heart.It's gonna tell her what to do.She might need a lot of loving,But she don't need you.”

“Restless sleep, twisted dreamsMoving targets, silent screams.Restless city, restless streetRestless you, restless me.”

“My baby is a rock n' roller.”

“Somewhere, somehow somebodyMust have kicked you around some.Tell me why you wanna lay thereAnd revel in your abandon.Listen it don't make no difference to me baby,Everybody's had to fight to be fre...”

“You know, sometimes, I don't know why,But this old town just seems so hopeless.I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good timesWere just a little bit more in focus.”

“It just seems so useless to have to work so hard,And nothin' ever really seems to come from it.”

“I just catch myself wonderin', waitin', worryin' bout some silly little things that don't add up to nothin'.”

“And I'd show you stars you never could seeBaby, it couldn't have been that easy to forget about me.”

“Baby, even the losers get lucky sometimes.Even the losers keep a little bit of pride.They get lucky sometimes.”

“I was talkin' with a friend of mine,Said a woman done hurt his pride.Told him that she loved him so, thenTurned around and let him go.Then he said you'd better watch your stepOr you're gonna get hu...”