Band Quote by Adam Granduciel

I love Tom Petty the way a lot of people love him. He's got so many amazing songs, and you know them by heart.…

— Adam Granduciel

I've spent most of my life playing with Tom Petty, and he's a damn good songwriter.

— Benmont Tench

I dare anybody to display a more amazing body of work than Tom Petty.

— Lzzy Hale

I do like Tom Petty an awful lot. I always say that he's my real father, but I'm joking in that imaginary orphan way.

— Christina Ricci

Tom Tom Club has a whole different attitude and approach, not just musically but in performance. Some people said they liked it.

— Tina Weymouth

I've always loved Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and I watched the Petty documentary 'Running Down A Dream'. I was directly influenced, it made…

— Robert Coppola Schwartzman

The first time I saw Tom Petty, he was playing in a band called Mudcrutch with Tom Leadon. They were in a park doing…

— Mike Campbell

Tom Petty was one of my guitar students; I knew Duane, and Stephen and I had a band. When he left, Bernie Leadon moved…

— Don Felder

I'd always been a fan growing up, and in high school, I was really into Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen.

— Bryan Hayes

Nostalgia is the bane of rock 'n' roll. He had the courage to let it all hang out. ... He was a considerable talent.

— Jim DeRogatis

I love Tom [Waits] for the same reason I love Leonard Cohen, which is that they are both one-offs, templates; they both seemed old,…

— Sylvie Simmons

I love Tom Waits because he's an artist who makes me not afraid to get old, and that's rare. I think it's a rare…

— Matt Bellamy