I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
TOM WAITSI’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
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I don’t go to church on Sunday, don’t get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way
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I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong. I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.
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The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
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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.
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Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.
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I don’t like hearing Beatles songs in commercials. It almost renders them useless. I think, ‘Oh God, another one bites the dust.’
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Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.
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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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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
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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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I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I’d trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.
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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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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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