It's very hard to stop doing things you're used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I used to imagine that making it in music - really making it in music - is if you're an old man… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I’ve always been a word guy, I like weird words and I like American slang and all that and words that are… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
When I started looking for pointed shoes, I used to go to Fairfax on Orchard Street in New York City, one of… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
They have removed the struggle to find anything. And therefore there is no genuine sense of discovery. Struggle is the first thing… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I've made a profound transformation. I've fashioned some cyber-underwear. I'm not scared of anything! Actually, I am scared of a few things.… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
This is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Most of us have the residue of thousands of songs in our ears, that if you end up songwriting, I think you're mostly smoking… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Bill Hicks - blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
“an all time favorite: "The large print giveth, the small print taketh away.” — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you're drowning, and it's… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I was born in the back seat of a Yellow Cab in a hospital loading zone and with the meter still running. I emerged… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
There's not much difference between what I appear to be on stage and what I am. I think people like that, that I'm not… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
