Yeah, the world would swing if I were king._x000D_ _x000D_ Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
Interpretation
The quote reflects a desire for change and the power of dreams.
In this quote, Tom Petty expresses a longing for a world that could be different and more enjoyable if he had the power to change it. It highlights the importance of dreaming and the hope that one can create a better reality, even if it's just an occasional thought or aspiration.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing dreams and aspirations.
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 developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
I don't know, my music has always just come from where the wind blew me. Like where I'm at during a particular moment in time.
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.
It's hard for me... If I don't have a project going, I don't feel like I'm connected to anything. I don't even think it's that healthy for me. I like to get out of bed and have a purpose.
I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
You are merely not feeling equal to the tasks before you.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
If you push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.
It became motivation as opposed to something else - the thing about poverty is that it starts affecting your mind and your spirit because people don't see you. I chose from a very young age that I didn't want that for my life. And it very much has helped me appreciate and value the things that are in my life now because I never had it.
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