I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
TOM WAITSCome down off the cross, we could use the wood.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
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Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
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If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
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Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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I’m not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.
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I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
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Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me – choke those little bad days. Choke ’em down to nothing.
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The Universe is making music all the time.
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You know, we just buy music now. We don’t make it any more. And that goes for just about everything. I think it’s so important that people develop and subscribe to and have confidence in their own ability to make music, however rough it is.
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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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When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
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The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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