Tom Waits

Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) American composer, singer,songwriter , musician and actor.

Sourced

• I'm so goddamn horny, the crack of dawn better be careful around me
  • Album: Nighthawks at the Diner (1975)

• It walks down to end of the counter (His Veal Cutlet) and beat the shit out of my cup of coffee. I guess the coffee just wasn't strong enough to defend itself
  • Album: Nighthawks at the Diner (1975)

• I don't have a drinking problem ‘cept when I can't get a drink
  • "Bad Liver and a Broken Heart", Album: Small Change (1976).

• And the things you can’t remember tell the things you can’t forget
  • "Time", Album: Rain Dogs (1985)

• The piano has been drinking, not me, not me
  • "The Piano Has Been Drinking", Album: Small Change (1976)

• If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man
  • "Miser is the River of the World", Album: Blood Money (2002).

• What's he doing in there? We have a right to know.
  • "What's He Doing in There", Album: Mule Variations (2002)

• And someone will head south 'til this whole thing cools off
  • "Small Change", Album: Small Change (1976)

Attributed

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

• I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy

External links

• Official Site
• Waits hasn't had fun since 1962
• Tom Waits lyrics
• Tom Waits for No Man - a fan blog
• The Eyeball Kid - a fan blog
• Tom Waits Supplement - a compendium of information about Tom Waits and his works