Tom Petty Quotes

There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.

I don't live to work; I work to live.

The perfect thing for me is to be on something I love, where I'm doing it and have enough money not to be poor, and I'm allowed to go on vacation.

I find success to be being able to do what you love and provide for your family by doing what you love.

I do want to be able to benefit from my work and make a good living, but I love it so much that I would do it for free.

You can only make money doing what you love.

Success to me is being able to do what I love, make a living at it and to support myself and the ones I love.

I just want to be able to have fun, make a living, feed my family and create something that I'm proud of, and I'm all those things. It's great.

I never made any money, but I had the best jobs in the world.

Just to be able to make money doing what you love - you can't ask for anything more.

It doesn't matter how much money you make; it's where you feel happy.

The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available for most of my career. When I actually had to find jobs to make money, that's when I was happy.

Everybody should get to make a living with their passion.

If you can figure out how to get paid to do something you love, that's the dream.

Money ain't everything.

Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.

Work for the fun of it, and the money will arrive some day.

I have the distinct pleasure of doing exactly what I want to do and get paid for it. It's a joy.

There's a part of me that wants to be known and make a comfortable living but still be able to go grocery shopping. My overall idea of success is having people I want to work with want to work with me.

I don't look at things goin', 'Oh, is this gonna make me rich? Is this gonna make me a star? Am I gonna win awards?' If all that stuff happens, great. Who cares? I still have to wake up in the morning and go to work and be happy to do it.

You don't have to make, you know, $3 Million dollars a movie, or $20 Million dollars a movie, but if you make a living doing what you love doing, then that's success to me.

I say always follow your passion, no matter what, because even if it's not the same financial success, it'll lead you to the money that'll make you the happiest.

A lot of money with the wrong career is not going to make you happy. If you have money without happiness, it doesn't mean anything. It's all about happiness.

My life goal is to find a nice balance between working for money and working for fulfillment.

I'm in a small percentage of people that get to do what they love to do for a living. I'm lucky.