"Here am I a fallen arrow. My load is wide, my street is narrow. My skin is thicker, my heart is tougher. I dont mind workin, but Im scared to suffer. You know? You know?"
Thomas Earl Petty was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was the leader and frontman of the rock bands Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch and a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. He was also a successful solo artist.
"Im watching the water Watching the coast Suddenly I know What I want the most And I want to tell you Still I hold back I need some time Get my life on track. I know that look on your face But theres somethin lucky about this place And theres somethin good comin For you and me Somethin good comin There has to be."
Tom Petty"I know so well the look on your face And theres somethin lucky about this place Theres somethin good comin Just over the hill Somethin good comin I know it will And Im in for the long run Wherever it goes Ridin the river Wherever it goes."
Tom Petty"I dont 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. And I think a lot of these young kids are going to have to learn the hard way before they realize that you can actually do some damage if youre being careless or frivolous in what youre saying."
Tom Petty"There is no sense in pretending, Your eyes give you away. Something inside you is feeling like I do, Weve said all there is to say."
Tom Petty"Oh my love if I reveal Every secret Ive concealed, How many thoughts would you steal, How much of my pain would you feel?"
Tom Petty"Good love is hard to find. You got lucky, babe. You got lucky, babe, when I found you."
Tom Petty"Jewish custom, which traces descent solely from the mother, is more sensible and more discreet. Our own lawgivers cant accept the fact that there are many things in family life that are best kept shrouded in mystery."
"Sharon Tate was my best friend. Once, we were roommates. She introduced me to my husband. She was the godmother to my baby daughter who is named for her. In the six years time that I knew her, she never said an unkind word about anyone."
"The only influences in [the painting The sick Child, Munch painted in his elderly home, remembering very accurate the last days of his dying little sister Sophie] The sick Child.. ..were the ones that come from my home.. ..my childhood and my home. Only someone who knew the conditions at home could possibly understand why there can be no conceivable chance of any other place having played a part – my home is to my art as a midwife is to her children.. ..few painters have ever experienced the full grief of their subject as I did in The sick child. It was not just I who was suffering; it was all my nearest and dearest as well."
Edvard Munch"‘Gerrard is an excellent player, absolutely world-class. If I was a manager, everywhere I went I would buy Steven Gerrard. ‘He is what Brazil needs, because he is always looking forward and has a big heart. ‘Two years ago I saw Gerrard play and then I saw him in Tokyo in a game against Sao Paulo. I said then that Gerrard is a great player. To me he is one of the best midfielders in the world. He is an excellent player.’"
Steven Gerrard"The kiss with Kamal Haasan [in Hey! Ram] was mechanical. He was constantly checking the right angle. Where was the passion?"
"Children must be free to think in all directions irrespective of the peculiar ideas of parents who often seal their childrens minds with preconceived prejudices and false concepts of past generations. Unless we are very careful, very careful indeed, and very conscientious, there is still great danger that our children may turn out to be the same kind of people we are."