The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It's a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don't know where I would be. It's indelible and indispensable. Tom Waits bluecontinueculture share on social
I'm so horny the crack of dawn better watch out. Tom Waits crackdawnhorny Change image and share on social
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 trying to pull a caper. Tom Waits caperdifferencepeople Change image and share on social
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
If you're a writer, you know that the stories don't come to you - you have to go looking for them. The old men in the lobby: that's where the stories were. Tom Waits lobbymanstory Change image and share on social
The sight of the first woman in the minimal two-piece was as explosive as the detonation of the atomic bomb by the U.S. at Bikini Island in the Marshall Isles, hence the naming of the bikini. Tom Waits atomicbikinibomb Change image and share on social