It was a hubba, hubba, ding dang, baby you are just everythang.

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.

Anton brings the camera. I'll bring a tuba, wear black, not shave, and take us to a burned-down Chinese restaurant. (On being photographed by his longtime photo collaborator Anton Corbijn)

I don't know if any genuine meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a gorilla.

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

New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.

Well, they'll bark you down like carneys, sell you Christmas cards in June.