I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
TOM WAITSI hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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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 think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.
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Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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I’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
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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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If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
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We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.
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I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong. I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.
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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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