Quotes by

Tom Petty

Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as Im concerned, thats success. – Tom Petty

What Ive learned about marriage: You need to have each others back you have to be a kind of team going through life. – Tom Petty

TV does not care about you or what happens to you. Its downright bad for your health now, and thats 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

When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, youve always got a different ache or pain. – Tom Petty

Its 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 cant afford the music. – Tom Petty

The energy of the crowd is insane. Twenty thousand people. Its the biggest jolt of adrenaline. Its very hard to explain. You know the old story about the woman lifting the car off her kid? Its in that realm. You can actually hurt yourself and not know it. – Tom Petty

I dont think its a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem. – Tom Petty

I dont treat the band like Im above them or that theyre a hired hand for me. Weve never worked that way. So Im a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone. – Tom Petty