...that on the 4th of July, 1976, the air conditioning broke down during the recording of "American Girl"?
...that a teenaged Tom Petty got put on probation for stealing hood ornaments?
...that Tom Petty played so much Pac-Man that heĀ rubbed the skin off his hand?
"He always used to say, 'I want to be a rock star.' And I would say, 'Shut up, Tom. You should be a dentist.'"
- Ted Geltner, Gainesville Sun