Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
TOM WAITSThe dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
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I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
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Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
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I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
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Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.
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Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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When your down on your luck and you’ve lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.
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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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I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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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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Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.
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I’m always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you’re drowning, and it’s there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.
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The blues is like a planet. It’s an enormous topic. You can’t ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It’s a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don’t know where I would be. It’s indelible and indispensable.
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I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
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