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I’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.

Tom Waits

Never have your wallet with you onstage. It’s bad luck. You shouldn’t play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.
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Inspirational Money Musician Need Play Stage Wallet Yourself
Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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Devil God Sleep World
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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Air Interest Song
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.
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Brave Conjuring Invitation Room Writing Yourself
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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Avoid Habit Hard Old Scatter Stop Togetherness Yourself
Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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Funny Instrument Musician Myself
If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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Angel Devil Myself
Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
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Friendship Pain Reality
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Gentle Man Play
You’re innocent when you dream.
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Dreams Innocence Yourself
On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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Funny Grave Myself Sick
All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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Love One Liner Yourself
I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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Arms Time Yourself
I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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Evening Myself Train
There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
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Advice Deep Food Freedom Trap
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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Capture End Feature Song Writing

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