What you want is for music to love you back. That's why you pay your dues. You want to feel like you belong and are part of this symbiosis, metamorphosis, whatever you want to call it. Tom Waits backbelongcall Change image and share on social
The only thing worse than being in the Hall of Fame is not being in the Hall of Fame. Tom Waits badlyfamehall Change image and share on social
I'm just trying to make a buck like everyone else. Tom Waits buckmake Change image and share on social
Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk. Tom Waits devildrinkgod Change image and share on social
I guess I've always lived upside down when I want things I can't have. Tom Waits guesshavelive Change image and share on social
I think I have an adrenaline addiction, no question about that. Tom Waits addictionadrenalinequestion Change image and share on social
You hope people are going to be listening to you after you're gone. And they like you better after you're gone. Tom Waits hopelistenpeople Change image and share on social
I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox. Tom Waits altarcharlejukebox Change image and share on social
I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary. Tom Waits appreciationgreatinstrument Change image and share on social
Mostly, I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Tom Waits blindbulbcane Change image and share on social
