The 1965 song that changed Tom Petty’s life: “He influenced everybody’s songwriting”
True friends.
Tom Petty
The 1990 lyric that changed Tom Petty’s career for good: “I never played it again”
They changed everything.
The 10 greatest British invasion songs ever released, according to Tom Petty
“Just the phrase is worth a million bucks”.
The 1990 Traveling Wilburys song that became Tom Petty’s ‘Handle With Care’: “There was a box”
The funnier side of inspiration.
The Story Behind The Song: The breakthrough of ‘Breakdown’ by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
That debut single that “debuted” twice.
The 1990 album Tom Petty initially couldn’t stand working on: “Anything but this”
Writing for the wrong reasons.
The forgotten singer who changed Tom Petty forever: “No reason to be afraid”
Giving up all his expectations.
The 1989 song Tom Petty could barely stomach: “I would have thrown that out”
Slipping past the quality inspection.
The 1979 song Tom Petty called “my favourite we ever did”
One of the Heartbreakers’ biggest highlights.