“There’s a holiness there. If that were to go away, I don’t think I would be interested in it, and I don’t think they would. We’re a real rock ’n’ roll band — always have been. And to us, in the era we came up in, it was a religion in a way. It was more than commerce, it wasn’t about that. It was abo…”— Tom Petty, latimes.comTagged: Writing, Artists, Commercial art, Capitalism, Spirituality
“I always had a little routine of going into whatever room I was using at the time to write in, and just staying in there till I felt like I got a bite.”— Tom Petty, latimes.comTagged: Writing, Artists, tom petty, rock hall of fame, classic rock bands
“It’s sometimes physically hard. But then the lights go down, you hear the crowd and you’re all better. You feel like, ‘OK, let’s do it.’”— Tom Petty, latimes.comTagged: Hard Work, perseverance, Musicians, Touring, concerts