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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 shortened his name because "Tommy Petty" didn't look right on the record?

...that a reunion of the Traveling Wilburys was being discussed?

...that on the 4th of July, 1976, the air conditioning broke down during the recording of "American Girl"?

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"Tom Petty is a particularly American story."

- Peter Bogdanovich