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I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”

Tom Waits

it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
TOM WAITS

Bone Dance Sin Skin Yourself
Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.
TOM WAITS

Brain Built Drive Himself Road Specialist Vision Willing
I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
TOM WAITS

Balance Car Myself Pride
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.
TOM WAITS

Drowning Music Rescue Sound Time Yourself
It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
TOM WAITS

Born Mysterious Thinking Writing Yourself
I’m trying to get music ideas that come and keep them alive. It’s like carrying water in your hands. I want to keep it all, and sometimes by the time you get to the studio you have nothing.
TOM WAITS

Alive Hands Ideas Music Time Yourself
I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
TOM WAITS

Live Myself
I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
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Drink Myself Problem
Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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Day Plant Yourself
And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
TOM WAITS

Death Earth Myself Scream
The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
TOM WAITS

Earth Home Myself Philosophy Travel Wisdom
The beginning of it starts at the end.
TOM WAITS

Beginning End Start
The Universe is making music all the time.
TOM WAITS

Music Time Universe
She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
TOM WAITS

Forest Herself Live
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.
TOM WAITS

Avoid Habit Hard Old Scatter Stop Togetherness Yourself
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
TOM WAITS

Air Interest Song

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