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"I read the other day that video games are taking 15 billion dollars directly our of the record business. As far as I'm concerned, I'd rather put seven dollars' worth of quarters into a Pac-Man machine than into some dip-shit album."

- Tom Petty

Did You Know...

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

...that Tom Petty and Stan Lynch got into an altercation with the Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten?

...that theĀ Hard PromisesĀ tour was delayed because Tom Petty injured his knee on a trampoline?

Random Quote

"We've had our problems over the years, but we're united to make Tom's songs work. Hey, we're lucky. We got a guy who can write a cool tune. How many bands can say that?"

- Stan Lynch