If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
TOM WAITSI’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I don’t like hearing Beatles songs in commercials. It almost renders them useless. I think, ‘Oh God, another one bites the dust.’
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I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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My wife called me a mule. She once said, “I didn’t marry a man; I married a mule!” I kept thinking about it. It was in the back of my head. I think it makes a good title for an album.
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We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.
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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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The beginning of it starts at the end.
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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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Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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I admit that I ain’t no angel, I admit that I ain’t no saint – I’m selfish and I’m cruel and I’m blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they’re so hard to find.
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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
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Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
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I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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