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"I don't know if it's just Gainesville, maybe it's the whole country, but there are few places where you can go into a club and actually hear musicians doing things, playing rock. 'I'm into jazz, I'm past rock & roll.' That's a fairly common excuse. Rock music is just pretty rare these days."

- Tom Petty

Did You Know...

...that Tom Petty credits Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band as being a big influence on the Heartbreakers' live show?

...that Tom Petty played so much Pac-Man that he rubbed the skin off his hand?

...that the Heartbreakers once dumped Chinese food all over their luggage?

Random Quote

"High school was the most bitter experience of my life."

Tom Petty