That for me is more important than anything when you're in the studio - to have somebody you can trust and who knows you, knows who you are and doesn't let you get away with anything.
Tom WaitsWell it's hotter 'n blazes and all the long faces / there'll be no oasis for a dry local grazier
Tom WaitsThe average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
Tom WaitsI knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox.
Tom Waits