Tom Waits's biography
Thomas Alan Waits is 73 years old singer-songwriter born at Pomona. Tom was born on Wednesday 7th of December 1949. According to year of birth 1949 he belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 7th of December means he is Sagittarius. Sagittarius is a Fiery sign of Zodiac Belt. These people are highly learned and love to gain knowledge throughout their life.
Tom is native english speaker. Tom is white american. Tom is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be singer-songwriter. You can know him also as singer, actor, composer, pianist, writer, guitarist. He is recently known as jazz guitarist.
Tom Waits's family
Tom Waits's ex wife
Kathleen Brennan
Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan have been together. She is known as painter. His ex wife was born on Thursday 2nd of March 1950 in Johnsburg.
Tom Waits's schools
We found 3 schools Tom attended. Complete list of schools: Hilltop High School, O'Farrell Community School, Southwestern College.
Tom Waits's career
Tom´s main focus is to be singer-songwriter. Maybe you are curious what instrument does he play ? Tom plays piano.
Is Tom Waits gay ?
He is known to be straight.
Awards and competitions
Tom Waits's Nominations
- Tom was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Song Score
- He was nominated for Shortlist Music Prize for work Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards in 2006
Tom Waits's quotes
- Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
- No, I don't have a drinking problem except when I can't get a drink.
- I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
- I like to walk out of a restaurant with enough gas to open a Mobil station.
- I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
- If Michael Jackson wants to work for Pepsi, why doesn't he just get himself a suit and an office in their headquarters and be done with it?
- Commercials are an unnatural use of my work ... it's like having a cow's udder sewn to the side of my face. Painful and humiliating.
- I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox.
- I love Burroughs (William S. Burroughs). He's like a metal desk. He's like a still, and everything that comes out of him is already whiskey.
- He is one of the standards by which I measure all singers. (On Harry Belafonte)
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Tom Waits's height, body shape, eye color
Lets describe how Tom Waits looks. We will focus on Tom´s height, body shape, eye color and hair color. He is tall as 6' 0" (183 cm). Body build is average. Tom´s eyes are tinted blue. Tom´s hair is shade of brown - dark.
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