I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
TOM WAITSI’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
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Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.
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The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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We have a deficit of wonder right now.
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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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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
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I like Thelonious Monk, he’s so gnarled, he’s like a piece of machinery that’s pulled up the bolts on the floor and gone off on its own.
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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
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