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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.

Tom Waits

The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
TOM WAITS

Earth Home Myself Philosophy Travel Wisdom
I’m always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you’re drowning, and it’s there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.
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Drowning Music Rescue Sound Time Yourself
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Gentle Man Play
They say that I have no hits and that I’m difficult to work with. And they say that like it’s a bad thing.
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Bad Difficult Myself Work
Most people don’t care if you’re telling them the truth or if you’re telling them a lie, as long as they’re entertained by it.
TOM WAITS

Care Entertainment Lying People Truth Yourself
The beginning of it starts at the end.
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Beginning End Start
You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
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Children Learning Yourself
Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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Desire Memories Time
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
TOM WAITS

Capture End Feature Song Writing
I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
TOM WAITS

Freedom Myself Science
But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
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Cold Dance Hard Music Way
The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
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Action Style Way Yourself
Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
TOM WAITS

Bad Body Drink Heart Myself
I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
TOM WAITS

Lying Myself Talk Truth
We have a deficit of wonder right now.
TOM WAITS

Imagination Right Wonder
The Universe is making music all the time.
TOM WAITS

Music Time Universe

I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.

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