puff 403 Tom Petty

Tom Petty

I don't think I've learned anything that I didn't already know. I just didn't recognize it at first.

When I met Elvis, we didn't really have a conversation. I was introduced by my uncle, and he sort of grunted my way. What stays with me is the whole scene. I had
never seen a real mob scene before. I was really young and impressionable. Elvis really did look -- he looked sort of not real, as if he were glowing. He was astounding, even spiritual. It was like a procession in church: a line of white Cadillacs and mohair suits and pompadours so black, they were blue.

The energy of the crowd is insane. Twenty thousand people. It's the biggest jolt of adrenaline. It's very hard to explain. You know the old story about the woman lifting the car off her kid? It's in that realm. You can actually hurt yourself and not know it.

If you're phony, they will feel it in the farthest row of the arena. You have to really care. And you have to make yourself care time and time again.

I remember John Lennon saying, "Sid Vicious died for what? So that we might rock?" You've got to keep that in perspective. At the end of the day, they're just phonograph records.

Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success.

I feel sorry for kids these days. They get so much homework. Remember the days when we put a belt around our two books and carried them home? Now they're dragging a suitcase. They have school all day, then homework from six until eleven. There's no time left to be creative. The hardest part for me is when my thirteen-year-old is complaining about the workload. I agree with him. I'm supposed to be responsible and support the teacher. But it's like, "You're right, son. This is (crap)."

If we're born in God's image, then God knows how we can (screw) up. And he knows that you really didn't mean it.

I like to be an optimist, but I like to be a realist, too.

The war in Iraq is shameful. Whether you're pro or con Bush, you've got to admit: The guy lied. And he continues to do so. I can't understand why he's just not run out on a rail. To send somebody's kids off and have them killed for no good reason -- he's going to have his day in hell for that. I wouldn't want that karma.

When you kill somebody's little sister with a missile, he's going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.

The great thing about the Wilburys was that none of us had to take the heat by ourselves. I was just a member of the band. Nobody felt like he was above anybody else. We had such a good time.

There used to be this real sense of community integrity in rock. It has really eroded. Everyone seems to be on their own now.

When my record company rejected Full Moon Fever, I was hurt so bad. I was pretty far along in my career at that point. I'd never had anything rejected; I'd never really even had a comment. So when that happened, it was really just a board to the forehead. But then finally I picked myself up. I said, "I'm not buying this, there's nothing wrong, I really like this record." And then I waited awhile, until the top regime at the record company changed. And I came back and I played them the same record, and they were overjoyed. It turned out to be a huge hit.

"Free Fallin'" is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem. But I'm grateful that people like it.

I guess if I were this age and nothing had gone right, it would really be bad.

What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. That's beautiful-to have that kind of friendship. You're going to need it when you get old.

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. The fans know it's phony, but they don't care.

I couldn't exist nowadays. I could never have built a career like I've had if I were just starting out now. Radio doesn't take a chance on anything anymore; they've streamlined the playlists to the lowest common denominator. It's really kind of silly that they think people would rather hear "Stairway to Heaven" one more time than a new song.

As you're coming up, you're recognized song for song or album for album. What's changed these days is that the man who approaches me on the street is more or less thanking me for a body of work -- the soundtrack to his life, as a lot of them say. And that's a wonderful feeling.

It's all an artist can ask.

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Deal the cards, son, just deal the cards...



Marianne Faithfull- As Tears Go By 1965


some cards...


Rods?


Rolling Stones- Angie


What is going on in the music scene?


Last Gasp Cafe 14...



Get up and go?


Gwen Stephani- The Great Escape...


Coffee?



Last Gasp Cafe 13...


I have GOT to lose weight...


Bob Dylan- Like a Rolling Stone 1966


SERIOUSLY, I HAVE to lose weight...


Requiem for Erika Ortiz :^: Broken Road


Have to DO something about my skin...


Pink Floyd: The Mind's Eye





who is buying?


Lady so Far :-: for Tyra Banks


better make some money...


C.C.Catch - Backseat of your Cadillac

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just then the computer started to play up...


Last Gasp Cafe 8


Good morning...


I've got this, like, really oily skin...


What was that?


Last Gasp Cafe 4...


Good deed done for the day...


I tried to lose weight in a New York minute and nearly got lost...


Last Gasp Cafe 2...


I went to bed with a book...


To sleep perchance to... catch Hamlet at the Esplanade...Simon Jackson is a great Prince of Denmark and Lilicherie's production is so much fun...


Cheltenham is on...


BQ on B :-: Brazilian Queen on Beale St


The Lady was talking to Tee about opportunities on the net...



but Throg was dreaming about a back rub...


Throgmorton woke up and hought about an ipod...



Colin for Mark...


Chickenman woke up thinking about Bob Greene and Oprah



Rolling Stones, Gimme Shelter(Pop Go the Sixties) 1969


I thought about my business opportunities...don't count your money till the dealings done...


Sweet Miss Jay- Angelina Jolie...


I attended to what was left of the business and did my Sporting Index chores...


I was bored so I called my business advisor on Dialaphone...


she mentioned Zwinky...


I was like,lol, what about Zylom...


Rolling Stones- Sympathy for the devil. Live in Rio 2006


things got serious and we talked about Finance Box Houses


and Finance Box Student Loans...



Showbuzz rox she shouted...


I told her about Bonprix, classy? well yes...


and don't forget Yves...


we talked about lost souls we shared and she told me how we might find them on Reunion...


Voip? for sure I said...


then we climbed the Lending Tree together...


take a chance on Coral?


me, I'm lost in space...SATNAV for space cowboys like you, she murmured...


we played at the Red Casino...


we flew Siesta...


we met each other again on Yahoo Personal...


Dating?


just having fun on Gameplay actually...


we listened to Attic Jam


we got right into The Hedrons


and how about the new album from da Red Hot Chilli Peppers


you can buy these with a Post Office Credit Card she told me over lunch


and in the afternoon we flew away on HLX


I noticed that she wore Nikes...


we booked a lovely place to stay through Cottages...


Radio Story aka The Story Continues...



she looked stunning in her Contessa gear...


we listened in the dark to Beck...


she declared that she would vote for Hilary Clinton


You're Free- Angelina Jolie...


me, I want more of Mate-dating...


we discussed our bodies and Hoodia...


then she told me about another way to lose weight...
Phentrazine - Now Available Without a Prescription

me being more of a car person I clicked on Auto Loan...


Changing Chairs


she wanted money for other things so she clicked on Ocean Financial...


We both decided that discretion was the better part of valour and we looked at the Privacy Credit Card...


Sweet Killer Love



thought about Global Travel...


and looking good the French way...


U2 and Mary J Blige- One, Madison Square Garden 10-8-05


we talked a little about a career in Criminal Justice...


but what really got us going was the thought of a Bahamas Cruise- the Anna Nicole Smith Tour? Well...