I've been a total Tom Waits dork for a long, long time.

I had a great conversation with Tom Waits, of all people.

— Oscar Isaac

Ah, man, if I could ever hook up with Tom Waits, I'd be the happiest camper in Yellowstone, alright? That's the one guy.

— Al Jourgensen

One of my favorite artists is Tom Waits, whom most people think of as a wonderful singer-songwriter and a great poet. I certainly think…

— Jeff Bridges

I write folky tunes, like Tom Waits and Bob Dylan.

— Noah Reid

I can count on one hand the people who are legendary in my book, and Tom Waits is certainly right at the top. It's…

— Steve Vai

I've covered so much Tom Waits. He's one of my favorite writers. I have a real affinity to how he writes.

— Bob Seger

My heroes: Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Nina Simone.

— Benjamin Clementine

I never got a chance to do Tom Waits or PJ Harvey kind of stuff in the Gaslight Anthem.

— Brian Fallon

The first time I heard Tom Waits, it was like everything just flipped. It was just this fascination with him. My cousin showed me…

— Hozier

Biggest musical influences would be people like Nina Simone and Tom Waits. A huge amount of writers like Leslie Feist and Paul Simon.

— Hozier

“Like one of his heroes, Tom Waits, whenever Yorke feels like his songwriting is getting too comfortable or stale, he’ll pick up an instrument…

— Austin Kleon

What else don’t women like besides the Three Stooges? Tom Waits. Being hurt physically or emotionally.

— Julie Klausner

I would just think that I would remember modeling for the cover of an album with Tom Waits, who I've always loved.

— Cassandra Peterson

One of the things that's kind of persistent is that I am the model on the cover of Tom Waits' album, Small Change.

— Cassandra Peterson

When I'm in the car sometimes it's like, 'Yeah, man, just put on the pop music.' You know what I mean? I don't want…

— Max Greenfield