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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 wrote a song called "Reptiles" about "what scumsuckers lawyers are"?

...that during winter tours, Stan Lynch would pack a Hanukkah menorah?

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

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"Tom Petty was the coolest guy I ever knew."

- Jeff Lynne