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.
TOM WAITSThe 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.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
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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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You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
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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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You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
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There’s no prayer like desire.
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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.
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New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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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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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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Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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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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