My father “probably was disappointed that I was so drawn to the arts. He probably thought I was gay”

SOUNDBITES — “Looking back on it, he probably was disappointed that I was so drawn to the arts. He probably thought I was gay. I wasn’t interested in sports. I didn’t know the names of any baseball players. I liked films and books and records. He liked to fish and hunt. He’d drag me on these trips, and it was a nightmare. Shooting something repelled me.” —Tom Petty, reflecting on an abusive father, whose hunting trips didn’t appeal to the soon-to-be-megastar