Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
TOM WAITSThere’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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My wife called me a mule. She once said, “I didn’t marry a man; I married a mule!” I kept thinking about it. It was in the back of my head. I think it makes a good title for an album.
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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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I like Thelonious Monk, he’s so gnarled, he’s like a piece of machinery that’s pulled up the bolts on the floor and gone off on its own.
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But then I’m one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.
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I don’t like the stigma that comes with being called a poet. So I call what I’m doing an improvisational adventure or an inebriational travelogue.
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I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
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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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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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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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We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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