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It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.

Tom Waits

I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
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Bowl Moon Myself Stars
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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Bad Destroy Hell Ourselves Place Suffering World Writing
You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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Known Trust Yourself
I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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Alcohol Blood Myself
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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Culture Known Music Myself Planet Topic
The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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Earth Home Myself Philosophy Travel Wisdom
And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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Death Earth Myself Scream
It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.
TOM WAITS

Avoid Habit Hard Old Scatter Stop Togetherness Yourself
I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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Lying Myself Talk Truth
I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
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Audio Illusion Myself Sick Wrong
I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.
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Affect Audience Believe Important Myself Way
I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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Balance Car Myself Pride
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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Air Interest Song
Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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Bad Body Drink Heart Myself
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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Career Family Night Trick Yourself
On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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Funny Grave Myself Sick

It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.

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