Most vagabonds i knowed don't ever want to find the culprit that remains the object of their long relentless quest. The obsession's in the chasing and not the apprehending, the pursuit you see and never the arrest" - Tom Waits "Foreign Affairs

I'm reliable sources, I'll tell ya anything you want me to know.

Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.

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

I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong - I have audio illusions.

I'm trying to get music ideas that come and keep them alive. It's like carrying water in your hands. I want to keep it all, and sometimes by the time you get to the studio you have nothing.

You want soldiers who, when they get to a river after a long march, don't start rooting for their canteen in their pack, but just dive right in.