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I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”

Tom Waits

If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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Angel Devil Myself
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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Air Interest Song
We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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Monkey Reality Weapon
I admit that I ain’t no angel, I admit that I ain’t no saint – I’m selfish and I’m cruel and I’m blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they’re so hard to find.
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Angel Blind Finding Hard Myself Selfish
When your down on your luck and you’ve lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.
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Down Dreams Luck Yourself
Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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Bad Body Drink Heart Myself
All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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Love One Liner Yourself
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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Beautiful Melody Myself Terrible
Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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Desire Memories Time
I don’t like hearing Beatles songs in commercials. It almost renders them useless. I think, ‘Oh God, another one bites the dust.’
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Commercial Oneself Song
Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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Back Sight Yourself
I was always laughing in church.
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Laughter Myself Religious
Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me – choke those little bad days. Choke ’em down to nothing.
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Bad Day Growth Plant Yourself
My wife called me a mule. She once said, “I didn’t marry a man; I married a mule!” I kept thinking about it. It was in the back of my head. I think it makes a good title for an album.
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Animal Goodness Man Marriage Myself Thinking Wife
The beginning of it starts at the end.
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Beginning End Start
But then I’m one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.
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Afraid Conversation Death Live Music Telephone

I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”

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