I love Tom Waits. Have since the first time I heard Nighthawks at the Diner in 1994. It was almost 20 years old at that point, but I'll be damned if it didn't make me want to go out and get the man's entire catalog.
One thing has always bugged me about him though, and to this day I get very conflicted listening to him. How the f'uck does a guy with that little vocal talent have such an enduring and prolific (though cult followed) career?
Not that I mind, mind you. I'll continue to pick it up if he puts it out.