Tom Waits released a new triple album today. I love this guy. For the first part of his career he was kind of a lounge novelty act. Very sentimental and/or drunken rants. Funny, but not what you'd call art. He met the woman he married and she challenged him to creatively throw himself off a cliff and learn to fly, and the results have been amazing. I can't say how many times my wife has wandered into the studio and said "What the HELL are you listening to?". For me, it's been a real inspiration to see a guy who's fearlessly charted a path of his own. I don't think you could classify Wait's music under any other genre than "Tom Waits".
I hope to take my own singular artistic path. I feel like I'm still the funnyish lounge act, but I'm going to be an artist someday.
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