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Thomas Earl Petty was an American musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Petty served as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He was also a member and co-founder of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, and his early band Mudcrutch.

Petty recorded a number of hit singles with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist. In his career, he sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 2002, Petty was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He died, aged 66, of cardiac arrest on October 2, 2017.

✵ 20. October 1950 – 2. October 2017
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Tom Petty Quotes

“I keep waking up all by myself,
With a blue jay in my brain.
Flappin' his wings, making me sing,
it was just about to rain.”

Tom Petty

Dreamville
Lyrics, The Last DJ (2002)

Singing

“Little miss queen of hearts you're a strange thing.
Why you wanna stay so vague?
I'm wandering through this mess you've made
To see what I can save.”

Tom Petty

Too Much Ain't Enough
Lyrics, You're Gonna Get It! (1978)

Heart

“Oh baby, don't it feel like heaven right now,
Don't it feel like something from a dream.”

Tom Petty

The Waiting
Lyrics, Hard Promises (1981)

Dreams , Feeling , Baby

“I'm gonna give her all my soul.
I'm gonna play her Rock 'N' Roll.”

Tom Petty

Jack
Lyrics, Highway Companion (2006)

Soul

“Well I know what's right, I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
But I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down.”

Tom Petty

I Won't Back Down
Lyrics, Full Moon Fever (1989)

Life , World

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

Tom Petty

Esquire interview (2006)

God