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"So it comes out in big, bold type: HE'S ONLY IN IT FOR THE CHICKS. So we get to England, and by the time we got off the plane they were there. I mean every hotel. Chicks everywhere. It was really crazy and every day I had to say, 'No, really, I like music too.'"

- 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 recording of "The Waiting" was held up by a gorilla?

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

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"So I carry a grand. It doesn't make the roadies happy, but it makes me happy." - Benmont Tench