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Tom Waits

07-Dec-1949

United States

Actor

Tom Waits is a famous American singer-songwriter and actor who has earned numerous accolades for his work. Here are a few interesting piece of information from the life of this renowned artist. Before making it big in the music industry Waits did many odd jobs -- bouncer in a club, selling ice cream, working in a pizzeria, and even for the US Coastguard -- to make ends meet. His wage as a doorman was $8 an hour but when he began singing in the same club he apparently earned only $6 in an hour. The two time Grammy Award winner is a huge fan of Missy Elliot. The artist suffered from alcoholism but has been sober for almost two decades now. Tom likes to maintain a chronicle of interesting facts and trivia. Allegedly his journal consists of information like the fact that a cockroach can survive for two hours after decapitation. The sound of bacon frying in a pan is music to Waits ear. Read on to find some of the inspirational quotes by the famous singer-songwriter Tom Waits.

QUOTES BY Tom Waits

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

There ain't no devil, only God when he's drunk.

Devil

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.