Tom Waits Music Quotations

I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.

If you're in the middle of the ocean with no flippers and no life preserver and you hear a helicopter, this is music. You have to adjust to your needs at the moment.

I didn't really identify with the music of my own generation, but I was very curious about the music of others.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

The piano has been drinking, not me.