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Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.

Tom Waits

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
I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I’d trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.
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Food High Myself Table Trade
You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
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Children Learning Yourself
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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Bad Destroy Hell Ourselves Place Suffering World Writing
I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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Lying Myself Talk Truth
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 like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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Beautiful Melody Myself Terrible
You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?
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Brave Captain Devil Light Wicket Yourself
And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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Death Earth Myself Scream
Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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Kill Kiss Myself See
I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
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Music Myself Song Wind
You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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Busy Car Dog Move Yourself
Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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Desire Memories Time
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
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.
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Born Myself Night Search Sleep Sweet
The folks who know the truth aren’t talking. The ones who don’t have a clue, you can’t shut them up!
TOM WAITS

Talk Truth Yourself

Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.

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