"I don’t know what the ‘big time’ is" - Tom Waits in 1988 As told to Chris Roberts (from http://Rocksbackpages.com/) Hear more from this rare interview: http://blankonblank.org/tom-waits "He’s a natural raconteur. A great one. You just get out of the way and let him do his thing, perform. If you can nudge the jokes along, so much the better." - Chris Roberts on interviewing Tom Waits. From this glorious interview (recorded on cassette tape) we decided to just dip inside the mind of Tom Waits. So he takes us to church, Stonehenge, the streets of New York and inside a Hawaiian nightmare. The interview was recorded in a London recording studio and you can hear muffled music throughout the conversation. Get more on Tom Waits, his turn as an aniamated cartoon in the 1970s, paling around with Keith Richards and Charles Bukowski and GIFs from the episode: http://blankonblank.org/tom-waits Subscribe for new episodes every other Tuesday (it's free): null Executive Producer: David Gerlach Animator: Patrick Smith Audio Producer: Amy Drozdowska Colorist: Jennifer Yoo Music from Tom Waits "Clap Hands" "Hang Down Your Head" Music You Heard via APM "Keep My Heart" Deep Sounds "Marinier" Anne-Maire Bernert "Ten Men Dead" Deep Sounds "Gypsy Twang" Paul Lenart, Bill Novick https://search.apmmusic.com/ More Blank on Blank episodes: http://blankonblank.org/pbs Hunter S. Thompson on Outlaws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QoKqEHS8s BB King on The Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tIphqWYu_s Elliott Smith on Freaks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAP3sYaaBv4 Robin Williams on Masks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PHGmIAv4Dc Wayne Coyne on Living with Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJXU7f0hI30 Maya Angelou on Con Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VybIJEA41yk Bette Davis on The Sexes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNnTUyrxzWY Michael Jackson on Godliness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoCa3Po7M_8 Jimi Hendrix on The Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK2lfs_uiwk Meryl Streep on Beauty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_T5dwnJuM Philip Seymour Hoffman on Happiness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osn8rjkPyYM David Bowie on Stardust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIDXXDsxAo Gene Wilder on The Truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PUW2POEjX4 John Lennon on Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmvmnYEy9NY Johnny Cash on The Gospel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALGi0tcFCcw Heath Ledger on Role Playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDRUzbAa6lI Tupac on Life and Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x2FqX2YZws Kurt Cobain on Identity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Z2BkZaOQc Janis Joplin on Rejection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdF4b1_LQnQ Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/Q8FQ/