When I’m in the car sometimes it’s like, ’Yeah, man, just put on the pop music.’ You know what I mean? I don’t want to listen to Tom Waits.

Greenfield contrasts two listening moods: the desire for easy, upbeat “pop music” versus the heavier, more idiosyncratic experience associated with Tom Waits. The remark is comic but also candid about how taste is situational rather than purely aspirational—sometimes people want art that challenges them, and sometimes they want something uncomplicated that matches the energy of a car ride. By naming Waits (often perceived as gravel-voiced, dark, and theatrically intense), he uses a cultural shorthand for “serious” music to underline a preference for comfort and immediacy in certain everyday settings.