I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
TOM WAITSThere’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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When your down on your luck and you’ve lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.
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You can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again.
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You’re innocent when you dream.
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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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And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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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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Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
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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 beginning of it starts at the end.
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You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
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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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