The One Musician Tom Petty Praised As 'So Much Better Than All of Us': 'He Influenced Everybody'

He influenced my songwriting, of course. He influenced everybody’s songwriting,' Petty said of the iconic singer-songwriter.
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We Have Tom Petty To Thank for Cameron Crowe’s Career as a Film Director

In 1983, Cameron Crowe co-directed Heartbreakers Beach Party, a documentary about Tom Petty and his band, which influenced ...
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As Tom Petty’s world fell apart, he made his most deeply personal album

Tom Petty thought he was just making another solo album. Instead he ended up performing open-heart surgery on himself, without anaesthesia, and recording the whole procedure. Wildflowers, the 1994 ...