I Just Tell Stories For Money: Tom Waits
Sean O'Hagan, NME, 14 November 1987
SOMETIMES YOU CAN get a pretty good idea about someone's music just by checking out their appearance. If clothes maketh the man, they also speak volumes about his songs. Look at Shane MacGowan. Or Paul Weller. Look at John Lydon or Miles Davis. Now, look at Tom Waits...
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