‘Clap Hands’: St Vincent discusses the greatest guitar solos
“He’s virtuosic, but he’s an outsider artist”
Tom Waits
“Certainly a craftsman”: Tom Waits on his underrated hero
“There are songwriters that I like that aren’t so well liked”.
Why Tom Waits hated Eagles covering his song: “As exciting as watching paint dry”
“I hate The Eagles.”
Tom Waits’ unique theory on songwriting: “Music is a living thing”
“Most American culture, we just bury things”.
“Like race car drivers covered in hundreds of logos”: When Tom Waits rallied against the commodification of music
The fight for artistic integrity