On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
TOM WAITSYou’re innocent when you dream.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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They say that I have no hits and that I’m difficult to work with. And they say that like it’s a bad thing.
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I admit that I ain’t no angel, I admit that I ain’t no saint – I’m selfish and I’m cruel and I’m blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they’re so hard to find.
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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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Most people don’t care if you’re telling them the truth or if you’re telling them a lie, as long as they’re entertained by it.
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Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don’t get out much. It’s true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.
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The blues is like a planet. It’s an enormous topic. You can’t ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It’s a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don’t know where I would be. It’s indelible and indispensable.
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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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She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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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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