I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
I think for it to be unhip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me had some sense of hope in them.
I think television's become a downright dangerous thing. It has no moral barometer whatsoever. If you want to talk about something that is all about money, just watch the television.
I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
It's better to burn out, then to fade away.
It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music.
It's very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it's really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.
TV does not care about you or what happens to you. It's downright bad for your health now, and that's not a far-out concept. I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted.
You and I will meet again, When we're least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won't say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.
Tom Petty guest starred on the Simpsons' episode, "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation."
Album: Highway Companion Release date: 07/25/2006 Tracks: 1. Saving Grace – 3:48 2. Square One – 3:26 3. Flirting with Time – 3:16 4. Down South – 3:27 5. Jack – 2:29 6. Turn This Car Around – 3:59 7. Big Weekend – 3:16 8. Night Driver – 4:28 9. Damaged by Love – 3:23 10. This Old Town – 4:17 11. Ankle Deep – 3:24 12. The Golden Rose – 4:43
Tom has made three solo albums. They were Full Moon Fever(1989), Wildflowers(1994), and Highway Companion(2006).
Tom was hired by ABC to do the music during the NBA Playoffs coverage in 2006.
Tom has had sixteen Grammy Award nominations since the year of 1981. Out of the sixteen nominations he has received three Grammy Awards. One of the Grammy Awards received was in 1989 for Best Rock Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal for his work he had done with the Traveling Wilburys. His second and third Grammy Awards were received in 1994 for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the song "You Don't Know How It Feels" and Best Engineered Album which was non-classical.
Tom had a small part in the film Made in Heaven with Timothy Hutton and Kelly McGinnis. Tom played the character Stanky. Timothy Hutton kept calling him "Stinky". Tom corrects him saying "It's Stanky". Also Rick Ocasik of The Cars and Neil Young have cameos. Tom also has a small role in The Postman starring Kevin Costner.
The first name of Tom's band was the Sundowners, then the name was changed to The Epics, and then Mudcrutch, and finally the band was known as Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
If you look in the "Playback" booklet, two pages contain pictures of all the singles released since 1993. One of them depicts a "torn" picture of Petty, a guitar case, and the words "Tom Petty: I Won't Back Down" in a sticker similar to the Wilburys' logo.
Tom was the only blonde band member in the Traveling Wilburys .
Tom has two daughters, Adria and Anna Kim.
15 of Petty's albums have sold more than a million copies.
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