"Well, I don't usually get too excited about bands but I'm real excited about this one."
- Tom Petty
...that Tom Petty accidentally smashed a Flying V guitar on a lighting rig?
...that Tom Petty credits Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band as being a big influence on the Heartbreakers' live show?
...that Tom Petty wrote a song called "Reptiles" about "what scumsuckers lawyers are"?
"For too long the kids have had to listen to rock music handed down to them by their older brothers and sisters. They've never had any rock and roll bands they could call their own."
