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I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.

Tom Petty

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Tom Petty
Age: 66 †
Born: 1950
Born: October 20
Died: 2017
Died: October 2
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Gainesville
Florida
Thomas Earl Petty
Charlie T. Wilbury
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Hardest
Wings
Coming
Learning
Thing

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We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker.
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He don't wanna change, what don't need to change.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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He [George Harrison] told me he really, really admired John [Lennon]. He probably wanted John's acceptance pretty bad, you know?
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We haven't always been boy scouts, but we never lost sight of the music, Let me remind you that this ain't the end.
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