It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music. I'm not condoning downloading music for free. I don't think that's really fair, but I understand it. If you brought CD prices back down to $8.98, you would solve a lot of the industry's problems.


Rolling Stone interview (2002)

Tom Petty Quotes

It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal...

It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal...

It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal...

It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal...