Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.
TOM WAITSI always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We’re all looking at the wrapping. But we won’t tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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The folks who know the truth aren’t talking. The ones who don’t have a clue, you can’t shut them up!
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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.
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I’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
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The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
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Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
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The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what you “know” about me is only what I allowed you to know about me.
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The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
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The ocean doesn’t want me today, But I’ll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard’s away But the ocean doesn’t want me today.
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We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all the time. Things are falling over and breaking and spilling. If you live on the second story, you really have to keep the windows shut all the time.
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All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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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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