Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
TOM WAITSThe devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
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Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don’t care if they lose it; they’ll just make another one.
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Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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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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I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
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Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.
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All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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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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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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I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what you “know” about me is only what I allowed you to know about me.
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We have a deficit of wonder right now.
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