Tom Waits

My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

I'm so horny the crack of dawn better watch out.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Industrialization of the building trade is a question of material. Hence the demand for a new building material is the first prerequisite.

I have a dog named Steve that lives at the studio.