Conversations With Tom Petty Quotes

“Well I won't back down
No I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down”
― Tom Petty, Conversations With Tom Petty

“I had to learn a new way of playing. I had to practice a lot, and just find ways around the limitations. So it was a bad idea to break my hand.

You said you were doing a lot of cocaine. Did that affect your songwriting?

No. I think it affected my breaking my hand.”
― Tom Petty, Conversations With Tom Petty