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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.

Tom Waits

The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
TOM WAITS

Away Big Small
But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
TOM WAITS

Cold Dance Hard Music Way
I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
TOM WAITS

Initial Myself Scratch
Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.
TOM WAITS

Absorb Willing Yourself
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.
TOM WAITS

Brave Conjuring Invitation Room Writing Yourself
I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong. I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.
TOM WAITS

Hear Ideas Myself Wrong
The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
TOM WAITS

Earth Home Myself Philosophy Travel Wisdom
Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
TOM WAITS

Kill Kiss Myself See
I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
TOM WAITS

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

End Force Surreal Yourself
I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I’m a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.
TOM WAITS

Appreciation Greatness Music Myself Vocabulary
I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
TOM WAITS

Lying Myself Past Secret
You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
TOM WAITS

Known Trust Yourself
I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
TOM WAITS

Late Myself Ride
You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
TOM WAITS

Children Learning Yourself
All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
TOM WAITS

Donut Name Prostitute Sound

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