tom petty

“ I think, for it to be unhip to be idealistic is weird, you know? ”

“ You believe what you want to believe. ”

“ Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions. ”

“ It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. ”

“ Back then it was almost like admitting that you were never going to make any money and realizing you probably were not going to have a professional life but saying, 'this is what I love, so I'll do this.' ”

“ You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember the time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So stay out late. Go out with your friends on a Tuesday when you have a paper due on Wednesday... The work never ends, but college does. ”

“ It's sort of hope amongst the ruins, I think. To me we're all in the great wide open. I think life is pretty wild; I really want to like the world, but at the same time I have to write about what I see. ”

“ The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit. ”

“ I want to be successful. Not just money. Just making a successful record and a successful show. I could feel successful without selling a million records. ”

“ Excuse me if I have someplace in my mind, where I go time to time. ”