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Did You Know...

...that Tom Petty told his father that he'd be a millionaire by the time he was 35?

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

...that Tom Petty wrote a song called "Reptiles" about "what scumsuckers lawyers are"?

Random Quote

"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