The piano has been drinking, not me.
TOM WAITSI’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
TOM WAITSNever trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
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Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
TOM WAITSMostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
TOM WAITSI’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
TOM WAITSDid the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?
TOM WAITSYou got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
TOM WAITSA mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
TOM WAITSChampagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
TOM WAITSTime is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
TOM WAITSYou have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
TOM WAITSAnd the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
TOM WAITSWe are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
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Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all the time. Things are falling over and breaking and spilling. If you live on the second story, you really have to keep the windows shut all the time.
TOM WAITSLiving with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all the time. Things are falling over and breaking and spilling. If you live on the second story, you really have to keep the windows shut all the time.
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I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
TOM WAITSI’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
TOM WAITSIf I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
TOM WAITSSing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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