Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.

Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.

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

I’ve never met anyone who made it with a chick because they owned a Tom Waits album. I’ve got all three, and it’s never helped me.

Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.

You've gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.

Q: What’s hard for you? A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders. Carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German.