The two songs that changed Tom Waits’ life: “That’s something”
“Goddamn”.
Ray Charles
“I didn’t think I could ever do this”: The song Eric Clapton called too hard to sing
Needing to feel it in your soul.
The singer Tom Petty called the most imitating: “The best that ever was”
“Really nice sounding records”
Cat Stevens/Yusuf’s five favourite singers of all time
The singer-songwriter has a lot of love for soul music.
The artist Billy Joel always wanted to sing like: “Always so musical”
Every emotion you could ask for.
“Just amazing”: Tom Waits’ favourite Ray Charles songs
“I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years.”
The musician George Harrison had in mind while writing ‘Something’
“Everybody presumed I wrote it about Patti…”