New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
TOM WAITSShe’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.
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I’m always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you’re drowning, and it’s there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.
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Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
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I don’t like hearing Beatles songs in commercials. It almost renders them useless. I think, ‘Oh God, another one bites the dust.’
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Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all the time. Things are falling over and breaking and spilling. If you live on the second story, you really have to keep the windows shut all the time.
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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
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I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I’d trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.
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Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
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Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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