TOM WAITS

"I’ve always admired people that are able to dance like there’s nobody watching - that’s kind of what making songs is trying to accomplish, to ignore the fact that it’s being recorded."





"I had a very low lottery number and I wound up being a fireman for 3 years - in the forestry service, way out in the sticks on the border between Mexico and California . I learned how to dig a hole in the ground and bury myself so the fire would burn over me. Never had to use it since but I’m ready"