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On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”

Tom Waits

If there’s one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man.
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Cruelty Kind Man Oneself
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.
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Abundance Beneath Bury Confusion Gun Happiness Information Knowledge Money Weapon Weight
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
I’m trying to get music ideas that come and keep them alive. It’s like carrying water in your hands. I want to keep it all, and sometimes by the time you get to the studio you have nothing.
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Alive Hands Ideas Music Time Yourself
I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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Late Myself Ride
You’re innocent when you dream.
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Dreams Innocence Yourself
I was always laughing in church.
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Laughter Myself Religious
Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
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Devil Drink God Himself Known
It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
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Born Mysterious Thinking Writing Yourself
I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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Inspirational Myself Poor Reach Start
I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.
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Affect Audience Believe Important Myself Way
The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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Beat Bite Bone Dog Yourself
it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
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Bone Dance Sin Skin Yourself
And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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Death Earth Myself Scream
I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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Initial Myself Scratch
Never have your wallet with you onstage. It’s bad luck. You shouldn’t play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.
TOM WAITS

Inspirational Money Musician Need Play Stage Wallet Yourself

On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”

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