“Well some say life
Will beat you down,
And break your heart,
Steal your crown.So it started out
For God-knows-where.
I guess I'll know
When I get there.”

—  Tom Petty

Learning to Fly
Lyrics, Into The Great Wide Open (1991)

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American musician 1950–2017

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