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Tom Waits

You know when you throw a par...

You know when you throw a party, you think people will show up and no one will like each other. It's like that with music - parts of your musical psyche have never met other parts. You wonder if you should get them together.

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Tom Waits

You know what I really love? ...

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.

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Tom Waits

I look for things that are le...

I look for things that are left of center, something you've only seen your whole life, but never heard. Hit it! With a stick! I have a guitar made out of a 2x4 that I bought in Cleveland.

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Tom Waits

I didn't really want to be pa...

I didn't really want to be part of a clique or a niche. But I also was looking for my own voice, as a writer, y'know? And a world I could call my own.

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Tom Waits

Mostly, I straddle reality an...

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.

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Tom Waits

If you are recording, you are...

If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal.

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Tom Waits

There's not much difference b...

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.

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Tom Waits

My first big gig was an openi...

My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.

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Tom Waits

I think this whole division b...

I think this whole division between the genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It's terrible for the culture of music.

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Tom Waits

I'm just trying to make a buc...

I'm just trying to make a buck like everyone else.

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Tom Waits

The big print giveth and the ...

The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.

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Tom Waits

Don't you know there ain't no...

Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.

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Tom Waits

All records are riddles, and ...

All records are riddles, and whatever you may want people to think it's about, it may just be throwing them off. And you don't want it to get in the way of what someone else's understanding is. It's not really about anything. At the same time, it will find some meaning.

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Tom Waits

Oh, I got a beautiful 1959 Ca...

Oh, I got a beautiful 1959 Cadillac Coupe DeVille four-door. No one will ride in it with me.

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Tom Waits

You almost have to create sit...

You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't want to live any other way.

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Tom Waits

Most people don't care if you...

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.

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Tom Waits

As a kid, I did want to be an...

As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool clothes. I wanted to go there. Now, I guess I want to bring that with me and go back in time.

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Tom Waits

I bark my voice out through a...

I bark my voice out through a closed throat, pretty much. It's more, perhaps, like a dog in some ways. It does have its limitations, but I'm learning different ways to keep it alive.

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Tom Waits

I'm usually more concerned wi...

I'm usually more concerned with how things sound than how they look on the page. Some people write for the page, and that's a whole other thing. I'm going for what it sounds like right away, so it may not even look good on the page.

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Tom Waits

Most songs that aren't jump-r...

Most songs that aren't jump-rope songs, or lullabies, are cautionary tales or goodbye songs and road songs.

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