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The trick is to have a career and have a family. It’s like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.

Tom Waits

New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
TOM WAITS

End Force Surreal Yourself
I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
TOM WAITS

Lying Myself Talk Truth
When you’re writing‚ you’re conjuring. It’s a ritual‚ and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you’re inviting into the room.
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Brave Conjuring Invitation Room Writing Yourself
The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
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Action Style Way Yourself
We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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Monkey Reality Weapon
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Gentle Man Play
You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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Known Trust Yourself
Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
TOM WAITS

Back Sight Yourself
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
TOM WAITS

Air Interest Song
The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
TOM WAITS

Bible Devil Hands Himself Religious
Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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Kill Kiss Myself See
Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don’t care if they lose it; they’ll just make another one.
TOM WAITS

Best Better Care Children Growth Oneself
I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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Alcohol Blood Myself
I was always laughing in church.
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Laughter Myself Religious
I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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Live Myself
For a songwriter, you don’t really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take them apart and see what they’re made of, and wonder if you can make one, too.
TOM WAITS

Learning Listening Oneself Song Wonder Writing

The trick is to have a career and have a family. It’s like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.

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