Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
TOM WAITSCome down off the cross, we could use the wood.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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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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I dunno when I started writing really. I was, like, filling out applications and stuff real early. Last name first, first name last, sex. ‘occasionally’ , stuff like that. Then I was writing letters, filling out forms, writing on bathroom walls.
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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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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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New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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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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It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
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You’re innocent when you dream.
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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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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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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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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