Tom Petty’s Billboard Cover: 5 Things We Learned About the Rock Icon
Beware: Cranky Hippy.
In the latest Billboard cover story, Tom Petty discusses the passion, outrage and drive — he’s not wasting any energy on partying these days — that birthed the latest entry in his classic catalog. Check out five things we learned about the legendary rocker.
“HYPNOTIC EYE” IS A POLITICAL ALBUM, BUT IT’S NOT LEFT OR RIGHT. Petty takes aim at the unchecked greed of the One Percent on his latest. “Very few people know how to handle power and once they just become completely immoral, they’re dangerous people,” Petty tells Billboard. “That attitude is what, to me, wipes out the middle class.” Tellingly, there’s a hand-written warning that reads “Beware Cranky Hippie” outside the studio where he recorded this album.
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