"For too long the kids have had to listen to rock music handed down to them by their older brothers and sisters. They've never had any rock and roll bands they could call their own."
- Tom Petty
...that Tom Petty credits Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band as being a big influence on the Heartbreakers' live show?
...that a teenaged Tom Petty got put on probation for stealing hood ornaments?
...that Mike Campbell was invited to play guitar on the Traveling Wilburys' "Handle With Care"?
"Most of my songs are just about girls ... that's a good subject. I certainly don't consider myself a poet, or anything."
