Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
TOM WAITSYou learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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There’s nothing that makes me laugh more than being in the situation where you’re not supposed to laugh. Funerals. People crying. Breaking down. Telling you their life. I’m the worst. I’m the worst at that.
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I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.
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I don’t like hearing Beatles songs in commercials. It almost renders them useless. I think, ‘Oh God, another one bites the dust.’
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The trick is to have a career and have a family. It’s like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.
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I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
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The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
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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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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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I’m not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.
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There’s no prayer like desire.
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The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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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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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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