I think I have an adrenaline addiction…– Tom Waits
I think I have an adrenaline addiction, no question about that.
I have a Chamberlain I bought from some surfers in …– Tom Waits
I have a Chamberlain I bought from some surfers in Westwood many years ago. It’s an early analog synthesizer; it operates on tape loops. It has 60 voices – everything from galloping horses to owls to rain to every instrument in the orchestra.
I do like books on anatomy…– Tom Waits
I do like books on anatomy. I have to say I’m an amateur physician, I guess.
If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan …– Tom Waits
If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan and play it back, it sounds like the pops and cracks on an old 33 1/3 recording. Almost exactly like that. You could substitute it for that sound.
I’m one of those guys that is still a bit afraid …– Tom Waits
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.
I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years…– Tom Waits
I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that’s all there was on the jukebox.
But then I’m one of those guys that is still a bit …– Tom Waits
But then 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.
For a songwriter, you don’t really go to …– Tom Waits
For a songwriter, you don’t really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take them apart and see what they’re made of, and wonder if you can make one, too.
If people are a little nervous about approaching …– Tom Waits
If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
I think this whole division between the genres has …– Tom Waits
I think this whole division between the genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It’s terrible for the culture of music.