Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
TOM WAITSA gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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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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I can’t listen to so much music at the same time. I think you really have to have a diet. You’re just processing too much, there’s no place to put it. If you go a long time without hearing music, then you hear music that nobody else hears.
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I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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I like Thelonious Monk, he’s so gnarled, he’s like a piece of machinery that’s pulled up the bolts on the floor and gone off on its own.
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If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
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I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I’d trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.
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Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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I don’t go to church on Sunday, don’t get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way
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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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It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.
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Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
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All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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