"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
...that Mike Campbell was invited to play guitar on the Traveling Wilburys' "Handle With Care"?
...that recording of "The Waiting" was held up by a gorilla?
...that the concrete slab bearing Tom Petty's handprints, intended for a Gainesville Walk of Fame, eventually ended up sitting in a garage?
"I called Tommy up and said, 'If you're bored, we need a helping hand.' He liked the band and bam!"
- Benmont Tench