Tom Petty Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)
Tom Petty quotes and sayings page 4 (74 year old musician). These are the last 9 out of 39 quotes we have for him.
“When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain.”
“I would never put my songs in a commercial.”
“The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.”
“I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.”
“Rock n' roll was one thing, and then they chopped off the 'roll' and called it 'rock,' which became a sort of umbrella term for anything with a guitar in it. Like hair bands. How could we possibly believe that? It's just gotten downright silly, to the point where now it's sort of become like professional wrestling.”
“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.”
“When I go to see people, I always kind of hope they are going to play some kind of songs I know. So you've got to know your audience. It's kind of something that is a blessing and a curse in a way. You're obligated to play some of that stuff that people know, but I don't think that's all you have to do.”
“I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.”
“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.”
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