Transcription: I didn't really want to make a tribute record. I didn't want to take an artist that is, I think, somewhat misunderstood, who is one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century, and pretty it up and make it more palatable. That was of no interest to me. And I also had questions in my mind about how it was going to work just in terms of gender. You know, Tom Waits is a very masculine figure, you know. And I don't mean that in a negative way or he's not macho at all, but he's very male and I was curious about how it was going to, how I was going to deal with the text, you know. And just a lot ...
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