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.
Tom WaitsYou hope people are going to be listening to you after you're gone. And they like you better after you're gone.
Tom WaitsEverything is explained now. We live in an age when you say casually to somebody 'What's the story on that?' and they can run to the computer and tell you within five seconds. That's fine, but sometimes Iād just as soon continue wondering. We have a deficit of wonder right now.
Tom Waits