Top 39 Quotes by Tom Petty

About Tom Petty

These are some quotes by American author Tom Petty Musician, who was born on October 20, 1950.

When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain.

When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain.

Tom Petty

I would never put my songs in a commercial.

I would never put my songs in a commercial.

Tom Petty

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

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

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.

Tom Petty

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

I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.

I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.

Tom Petty

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

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

Tom Petty

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.

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.

Tom Petty

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

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

Tom Petty

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.

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

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