Feels selfish to want more, but I always will. He eventually reached a new deal with MCA, for better terms. Stating that he would not be "bought and sold like a piece of meat," he self-financed what became Damn the Torpedoes and declared bankruptcy rather than allowing his label, MCA, to release it. In 1979, he was enraged when his record label was sold and his contract transferred. Petty didn't just sing about not backing down, he lived it.
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But when you get it, it's invaluable." Didn't back down I think it's really important that you believe in yourself, first of all. "I think faith is very important just to get through life. "It's sort of the classic theme of a lot of the work I've done," he told The Associated Press in 1989. 1 did not come until 2014 and Hypnotic Eye. As a songwriter, he focused often on daily struggles and the will to overcome them, most memorably on Refugee, Even the Losers and I Won't Back Down.
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Petty's albums included Damn the Torpedoes, Hard Promises and Full Moon Fever, although his first No.
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I have a granddaughter now I'd like to see as much as I can. "I'm thinking it may be the last trip around the country," Petty told Rolling Stone last year. He had hinted the tour would be their last. Petty and his longtime band the Heartbreakers had recently completed a 40th anniversary tour, including stops in Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa this past summer. local time surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends. Tom Petty played a concert last month in San Diego, Calif.