I like vocal word stuff. But I don’t always write with an instrument, I usually write a capella. It’s more like drawing in the air with your fingers. It’s closest to the choreography of a bee. You’re freer.
TOM WAITSWhen 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.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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There’s no prayer like desire.
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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
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Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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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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Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don’t get out much. It’s true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.
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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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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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My wife called me a mule. She once said, “I didn’t marry a man; I married a mule!” I kept thinking about it. It was in the back of my head. I think it makes a good title for an album.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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