"Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk."
Tom Waits"We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness."
Tom Waits"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"My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane."
Tom Waits"Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it. You find that out really fast."
Tom Waits"Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who's connected with it, the studio's gone, the musicians are gone, and the only thing that's left is this recording which was only about a three-minute period maybe 70 years ago."
Tom Waits