“She’s Amelia Earhart and Jane Goodall and Joan Jett all rolled into one … I feel like sometimes I have a map in my pocket that folds up and I pull it out and it’s bigger than the table and there are a 1,000 places to go with her.”
Full interview here.
He’s kind of lovely, isn’t he?
I’m probably being terribly ignorant by not immediately knowing from context, but might it be possible to get an indication of who he’s talking about (without having to click through and search the interview)?
Kathleen Brennan, his wife and co-writer for 31 years. Brennan shares songwriting credits on most of Waits’s songs.
Love this. Kathleen is so underrated and unheralded as a songwriter.
I’m sure it’s probably just a typo but wondering why you left out Ariel Durant. From the transcript:
“You know, so we discuss all these facets. And she’s a great – I don’t know, Amelia Earhart and Jane Goodall and Ariel Durant and Joan Jett all rolled into one. She’s really great to work with. And I feel, sometimes, like I have a map in my pocket that folds up, and I pull it out, and it’s bigger than the table, and there’s a thousand places to go.”
Tom Waits is my favourite singer, has been ever since I first listened to “Bone Machine” as a young teenager. But I love being reminded that in addition to being an amazing artist, from all accounts he appears to be a wonderful human being.