“The piano has been drinking, not me.”

“Never have your wallet with you onstage. It's bad luck. You shouldn't play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.Tom Waits (to me, about 1986 or so)”

“I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink.”

“I've been riding on the crest of a slump lately.”

“Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.”

“Well, it's either kiss me or kill me, that's how I see it.”

“Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah,I drunk me a river since youtore me apart”