Quotes from Tom Waits

When you say you're doing an opera, it's like when you're a seven-year-old and say, 'I'm off to Washington, Dad.' You kind of go, 'Sure. Sure you are, son.'

Any place is good for eavesdropping, if you know how to eavesdrop.

Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.

The trick is to have a career and have a family. It's like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.

I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I'd trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.

Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don't get out much. It's true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.