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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.
— Tom Petty
Tags: wait, song, car, you

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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.
— Tom Petty
Tags: always, feel, time, me
As time goes by, you seem to weed out the things that were making your life hard.
— Tom Petty
Tags: your, time, you, life
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
Tags: bad, never, think, people
I could come home, and I would spend the rest of the night just lying on the floor or the sofa listening to albums. It was like a movie to me. I still do, really, and doing the radio show ensures that I'll be sitting there listening.
— Tom Petty
Tags: rest, night, home, me
Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success.
— Tom Petty
Tags: something, like, you, success
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