Name : Tom Waits
Born Name : Thomas Alan Waits
Date of Birth : December 7, 1949 (66 years)
Place of Birth : Pomona, California, United States
Nationality : American
Education : Hilltop Senior High is a four-year public high school located in Chula Vista, California and is part of the Sweetwater Union High School District. The school colors are kelly green, white, and black. The school mascot is the “Lancer”
Occupation : Singer
Years active : 1972 to present
Genre : Rock avant-garde folk blues experimental jazz
Instruments : Vocals guitar piano percussion banjo
Family : Father – Jesse Frank Waits, Mother – Alma Fern McMurray, Children- Kellesimone Waits, Casey Xavier Waits, Sullivan Waits
Zodiac Sign : Sagittarius
Height : 6 feet (183 cm)
Hair Color : Light Brown
Religion : mood by Hallgeir Olsen
Best Known For : Raspy-voiced singer-songwriter who released such songs as “Jersey Girl” and “Hold On.” His work on the One From the Heart soundtrack got him nominated for an Academy Award.
Tom Waits Facts
1. He was born Thomas Alan Waits on 7 December 1949, one day after Blues legend Leadbelly died in New York. His parents were teachers who divorced when he was 10.
2. He had a band in the early 70s called The Nocturnal Emmissions.
3. The first of Waits’ 25 appearances as a screen actor was in the 1978 movie Paradise Alley, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. Waits played a drunken piano player named Mumbles.
4. He was nominated for an Oscar for his soundtrack to the 1980 Francis Ford Coppola film One From the Heart.
5. He keeps a notebook full of interesting facts, including gems such as the fact that the average cockroach can live up to two weeks after decapitation.
Tom Waits Quotes
“Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.” ~ Tom Waits
“The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.” ~ Tom Waits
“Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.” ~ Tom Waits
“Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.” ~ Tom Waits
“I always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We’re all looking at the wrapping. But we won’t tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath.” ~ Tom Waits