I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
TOM WAITSDon’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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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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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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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?
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Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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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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All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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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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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.
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It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
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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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