Fabricando Tom Z

Tom Z?:
My band is composed of negroes, of ugly people, no one speaks English... this is prejudice! He was humiliating the Brazilian. Humiliating the poor man. All those good looking young men, beautiful; the typical explorer. I have no problem with this. I find pretty people pretty; as long as they don't start acting evilly. As long as they treat me respectfully. They have more knowledge, they stole from us; I accept the rule. But don't act evilly; evil like a son of a b*tch. That I don't accept.

Tom Z?:
Of course, all of us humans have idiotic dreams of grandeur. No one should believe that I'm a completely balanced human being who has no idiotic dreams. But one should also know the limits of what you may reach. I'm not a genius, I'm 'Japanese'; everyone knows this. So, I stay here in, my 70 years, working my ass off and maybe someone one day may develop one of my ideas. And there is a need for people like me. Otherwise, when the geniuses arrive, they won't have anything to work with. [chuckles]

Tom Z?:
Are you thinking that a pig's nose is a wall outlet? Are you thinking that a donkey's lips are candy? Rapadura is sweet but it ain't soft.

Tom Z?:
A musical concert is the most boring thing in the world. The best thing you can take to a concert is earplugs. That thing you use near a drummer during a sound check. When a person sings for two hours straight, to fulfill their own ego - one verse after the other; I can't stand this any longer. Therefore, I don't do it. That's why my show is not scripted out. In every place... if a lightbulb falls, the performance changes. If a plane flies by the concert changes. These type of things make us feel alive.

Tom Z?:
What saved me is that I'm a terrible composer, a terrible singer and a terrible instrument player. Therefore, for someone who's bad, there's no difference between playing a piano and a vacuum cleaner. You guys can't imagine how narrow is the difference between a piano and a vacuum cleaner when you are a terrible musician. Since no one plays a vacuum cleaner, I became unique.