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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

Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.
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Head Rain
You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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Known Trust Yourself
All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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Donut Name Prostitute Sound
I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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Live Myself
You know, we just buy music now. We don’t make it any more. And that goes for just about everything. I think it’s so important that people develop and subscribe to and have confidence in their own ability to make music, however rough it is.
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Ability Confidence Important Music Rough Thinking Yourself
The piano has been drinking, not me.
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Drink Funny Instrument Myself Piano
When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
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Age Myself Old Quite Young
I was always laughing in church.
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Laughter Myself Religious
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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Affect Audience Believe Important Myself Way
The trick is to have a career and have a family. It’s like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.
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Career Family Night Trick Yourself
I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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Inspirational Myself Poor Reach Start
Never have your wallet with you onstage. It’s bad luck. You shouldn’t play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.
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Inspirational Money Musician Need Play Stage Wallet Yourself
When you’re writing‚ you’re conjuring. It’s a ritual‚ and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you’re inviting into the room.
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Brave Conjuring Invitation Room Writing Yourself
I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
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Music Myself Song Wind
A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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Dumb Intelligence Mental
I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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Alcohol Blood Myself
Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell ’em to do that, they’ll find a little pot of gold.
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Break Finding Stay Window
The folks who know the truth aren’t talking. The ones who don’t have a clue, you can’t shut them up!
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Talk Truth Yourself
I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
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Drink Myself Problem
You’re innocent when you dream.
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Dreams Innocence Yourself
Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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Funny Instrument Musician Myself
Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
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Friendship Pain Reality
Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.
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Absorb Willing Yourself
I always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We’re all looking at the wrapping. But we won’t tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath.
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Ideas Insect Lying Myself See
Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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Gospel Myself Religious Yourself
Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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Devil God Sleep World
Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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Day Plant Yourself

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

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