You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
TOM WAITSShe’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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You can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again.
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Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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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.
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Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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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’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
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I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
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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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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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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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Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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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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