- Abantu abaninzi bacinga ukuba le ngoma imalunga neziyobisi, kodwa akunjalo. UPetty wayifumana ingcamango yalo xa wabona umqhubi wenqwelomoya edliwano-ndlebe kumabonwakude. Umqhubi wenqwelo-moya uthe indlela ekungenzima ngayo ukufunda ukubhabha... eyona nto yayinzima yayikukuhla.
- Ingoma yaziswa ziziganeko zezopolitiko zelo xesha, ngokukodwa iMfazwe yeGulf, kunye ne-band dynamics - Kwi-Great Wide Open yayiyi-albhamu kaTom Petty kunye ne-Heartbreakers, ngelixa i-albhamu yangaphambili kaPetty, Umkhuhlane weNyanga epheleleyo , yayiyi-albhamu eyedwa (nangona i-guitarist uMike Campbell edlala kuyo yonke ingoma kwaye wanceda ukuyivelisa). 'Bendifuna ukuba le ngoma ibe luhlobo lwengoma ekhululayo, kuphela ngendlela engaqondakaliyo, ngokuqinisekileyo hayi ngokoqobo,' uxelele Ibhodi yezaziso .
- Ingoma yabhalwa ngo-1991 nguTom Petty kunye nomlingani wakhe ohambahambayo waseWilburys, owayesakuba ngu-ELO u-frontman uJeff Lynne. Isekwe kuphela kwiichords ezine ezilula: F, C, A minor, kunye noG.
- UJulien Temple, naye owenza uPetty's 'Free Fallin', uqondise ividiyo, ebonisa inkwenkwana kwimizuzu eyahlukeneyo ebalulekileyo yobutsha, njengoko ifumana amaphiko akhe.
- I-Pink Floyd yabetha i-Petty kwisihloko, ikhulula 'i-Learning To Fly' kwi-1987. Ingoma yabo iphinde yaqalwa yi-argot ngeenqwelomoya - imvumi ephambili uDave Gilmour wayethatha izifundo zokubhabha. UPink Floyd wayeqhubela phambili emva kokuphalaza ilungu labo lokuqala, uRoger Waters, ngoko ke ingoma isikweko sokufumana amaphiko abo ngaphandle kwakhe.
- I-trio yelizwe u-Lady Antebellum wayigubungela oku kwiingoma zabo ezisixhenxe ze-acoustic EP iTunes Iseshoni .
- Ngomhla wama-21 ku-Okthobha ka-2017, uBob Dylan wadlala 'Ukufunda ukuBhabha' kwiZiko leBhanki yokuQala enika imbeko kuTom Petty osandul' ukusweleka. Ethetha no Amatye agiqekayo ekuphenduleni ukufa kukaPetty, uDylan wayengekho ngokungaqhelekanga, esithi, 'Zindaba ezothusayo, ezibuhlungu. Ndacinga ihlabathi likaTom. Wayengumdlali obalaseleyo, ezele kukukhanya, engumhlobo, yaye andinakuze ndimlibale.' UPetty kunye noDylan badlala kunye kwiiWilburys eziHambayo.
