I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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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I’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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When your down on your luck and you’ve lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.
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I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
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It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
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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.
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I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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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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Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.
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Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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I’m not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.
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New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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I admit that I ain’t no angel, I admit that I ain’t no saint – I’m selfish and I’m cruel and I’m blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they’re so hard to find.
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Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me – choke those little bad days. Choke ’em down to nothing.
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