“I do believe in the mysteries of things, about myself and the things I see. I enjoy being puzzled and arriving at… — Barney Hoskyns Mysteries Copy Share Image
“I like beautiful melodies telling you terrible things," Waits said of such songs. "Is it my thorny, dark, oozing side, or is… — Barney Hoskyns Music Copy Share Image
“I like things that are kind of falling apart," he admitted to another interviewer. "[Because] I come from a broken home, I… — Barney Hoskyns Broken family Copy Share Image
But the truth is that L.A. was never entirely real anyway, as Steely Dan, Randy Newman, Warren Zevon, Larry David and Alan… — Barney Hoskyns Copy Share Image
“You said this was going to be funny, Jim," Waits barked. "Maybe you better just circle the jokes 'cause I don't see… — Barney Hoskyns Comedy Copy Share Image
“I would rather be a failure on my own terms than a success on someone else's," Waits said on the album's release.” — Barney Hoskyns Failure Copy Share Image
“I'm not a politician," he told me. "I keep my mouth shut because I don't want to put my foot in it.… — Barney Hoskyns Political Copy Share Image
“So if you go from the hippie thing to more of a Gatsby community, so what? Life is short and you have… — Barney Hoskyns Life Copy Share Image
When LOVE played the still hipper Whisky A Go-Go, further west along Sunset, Arthur Lee claims they 'started the whole hippy thing'… — Barney Hoskyns Aging Copy Share Image
“You can't really be too concerned with what people think of you. You're on your own adventure of growth and discovery. Like… — Barney Hoskyns Copy Share Image
![“I like things that are kind of falling apart," he admitted to another interviewer. "[Because] I come from a broken home, I guess. I like things that have been ignored or need to be put back together.” quote by Barney Hoskyns](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/02f/barney-hoskyns-42179_broken-family_i-like-things-that-are-kind-of-falling-a_2137115.png)
