I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
TOM WAITSI’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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You know, we just buy music now. We don’t make it any more. And that goes for just about everything. I think it’s so important that people develop and subscribe to and have confidence in their own ability to make music, however rough it is.
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On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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There’s nothing that makes me laugh more than being in the situation where you’re not supposed to laugh. Funerals. People crying. Breaking down. Telling you their life. I’m the worst. I’m the worst at that.
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Their memory’s like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can’t remember Tell the things you can’t forget that History puts a saint in every dream.
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I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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The Universe is making music all the time.
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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.
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The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
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I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.
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