You know what I really love? The CD players in a car. How when you put the CD right up by the slot, it actually takes it out of your hand, like it's hungry. It pulls it in, and you feel like it wants more silver discs. Tom Waits cardiscfeel 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
If you're in the middle of the ocean with no flippers and no life preserver and you hear a helicopter, this is music. You have to adjust to your needs at the moment. Tom Waits adjustflipperhear Change image and share on social
