“You can't really be too concerned with what people think of you. You're on your own adventure of growth and discovery. Like Charles Bukowski said, 'People think I'm down on Fifth and Main at the Blarney Stone, but really I'm… — Barney Hoskyns 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. But at… — Barney Hoskyns 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 Ball all… — 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 'em.” — Barney Hoskyns 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' in tandem… — Barney Hoskyns 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 an opportunity… — Barney Hoskyns Copy Share Image
“I do believe in the mysteries of things, about myself and the things I see. I enjoy being puzzled and arriving at my own… — Barney Hoskyns 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 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… — Barney Hoskyns 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 it just… — Barney Hoskyns 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 Charles Bukowski… — 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/quotes/img-quotes/02f/barney-hoskyns-42179_broken-family_i-like-things-that-are-kind-of-falling-a_2137115.jpg)
