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
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
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
Leaves are light, and useless, and idle, and wavering, and changeable; they even dance; and yet God in his wisdom has made them a part of oaks. And in so doing he has given us a lesson, not to deny the stout-heartedness within because we see the lightsomeness without. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers