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.
TOM WAITSI have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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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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The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all the time. Things are falling over and breaking and spilling. If you live on the second story, you really have to keep the windows shut all the time.
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The Universe is making music all the time.
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The ocean doesn’t want me today, But I’ll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard’s away But the ocean doesn’t want me today.
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Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don’t care if they lose it; they’ll just make another one.
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I’m always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you’re drowning, and it’s there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.
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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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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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Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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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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Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.
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All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.
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Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.
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The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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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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You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
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I don’t think that you should be perfectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates considerable personal problems.
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New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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