Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Thomas Earl "Tom" Pettyis an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but is also known as a member and co-founder of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, and his early band Mudcrutch...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth20 October 1950
CityGainesville, FL
CountryUnited States of America
God, it's so painful when something that's so close is still so far out of reach.
Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick involved with it. It's pure and it's real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.
Running down a dream... working on a mystery... going wherever it leads...
You believe what you want to believe
Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can't stay long.
I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.
You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
Songwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and it makes me happy, and it makes millions of people happy." It's an obligation, it's bigger than you. It's the only true magic I know. It's not pulling a rabbit out of a hat; it's real. It's your soul floating out to theirs.
Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.
You belong somewhere you feel free.
The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.