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She rescued me. I’d be playing in a steak house...

“She rescued me. I’d be playing in a steak house right now if it wasn’t for her. I wouldn’t even be playing in a steak house. I’d be *cooking* in a steak house. She’s the egret in the family. I’m the mule.

— Tom Waits, speaking about his wife and collaborator, Kathleen Brennan, in this terrific 2002 GQ piece by Elizabeth Gilbert (yes, she of Eat, Pray, Love)

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