Tom Petty Rock Quotations

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.

Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.

Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.

There was rock and roll across the dial, when I think of her it makes me smile.

My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she's a swinger dating a singer, I can't decide which is worse.

There was no use pretending, no magic left to hear, all the music gave me was a craving for lite beer.