140: “Filipino Box Spring Hog” by Tom Waits

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A few Tom Waits quotes to go along with “Filipino Box Spring Hog” from Mule Variations (1999):

“There ain’t no devil, only God when he’s drunk.”
— Tom Waits

“Q: What’s hard for you?

A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders. Carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German.

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— Tom Waits

“I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.”
— Tom Waits

“I’ve always been a word guy, I like weird words and I like American slang and all that and words that are no longer being used… I like to drag them out of the box and wave them around… this is an interesting one, it’s amazing how in addition to punctuation just a little pause in the wrong place can just completely transform the meaning of something.”
— Tom Waits

Glede.

Song: Filipino Box Spring Hog
Artist: Tom Waits
Album: Mule Variations
Label: Anti/Epitaph
Buy from: Tom Waits