6 Quotes by Barney Hoskyns

I do believe in the mysteries of things, about myself and the things I see. I enjoy being puzzled and arriving at my own incorrect conclusions.

I like things that are kind of falling apart," he admitted to another interviewer. "[Because] I come from a broken home, I guess. I like things that have been ignored or need to be put back together.

I would rather be a failure on my own terms than a success on someone else's," Waits said on the album's release.

You said this was going to be funny, Jim," Waits barked. "Maybe you better just circle the jokes 'cause I don't see 'em.

I like beautiful melodies telling you terrible things," Waits said of such songs. "Is it my thorny, dark, oozing side, or is it just the way I see the world?

I'm not a politician," he told me. "I keep my mouth shut because I don't want to put my foot in it. But at a certain point, saying absolutely nothing is a political statement all of its own.