![]() ![]() GROSS: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, the first year they were eligible. Now, I'm standing here, can't you see? Break down, it's all right. Break down, honey, take me through the night. Baby, break down, go ahead, give it to me. Something inside you is feeling like I do. I'm not afraid of you running away, honey. TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: (Singing) It's all right if you love me. Their best-known songs include "American Girl," "I Won't Back Down," "Listen To Her Heart," "Don't Do Me Like That," and "Runnin' Down A Dream." And this one, "Breakdown." We're going to listen back to the interview I recorded with him in 2006 when Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were celebrating their 30th anniversary of their first recording. He had told Rolling Stone he intended it to be his last national tour, but he would continue to keep playing. Just a week before his death, Petty had completed a national tour marking the 40th anniversary of the band's formation. ![]() ![]() Tom Petty, the songwriter, singer and guitarist who led the band the Heartbreakers, died yesterday after suffering cardiac arrest. To everyone who is suffering, to everyone who has lost a loved one, or been injured, or lost their home or their job, to everyone who is still in shock from being a witness, we are thinking of you and hope you find whatever it is you need to carry on. Before we get to today's interview, I want to say how profoundly saddened I am by this series of catastrophes - hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, and now the mass shooting in Las Vegas. ![]()
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