Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
TOM WAITSDon’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
TOM WAITSThe Universe is making music all the time.
TOM WAITSAnd the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
TOM WAITSI always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We’re all looking at the wrapping. But we won’t tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath.
TOM WAITSNever trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
TOM WAITSI’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
TOM WAITSIf you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
TOM WAITSThe fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what you “know” about me is only what I allowed you to know about me.
TOM WAITSThe average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
TOM WAITSI’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
TOM WAITSNot the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
TOM WAITSI started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
TOM WAITSYou’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
TOM WAITSChampagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
TOM WAITSWhen I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
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.
TOM WAITS