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People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.

Tom Waits

Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
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Death Drive Man Trust Yourself
Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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Dreams Instagram Captions One Liner Rainbow Sing Steal
I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
TOM WAITS

Freedom Myself Science
Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell ’em to do that, they’ll find a little pot of gold.
TOM WAITS

Break Finding Stay Window
Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.
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Brain Built Drive Himself Road Specialist Vision Willing
Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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Bad Body Drink Heart Myself
The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
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Action Style Way Yourself
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.
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Care Entertainment Lying People Truth Yourself
The Universe is making music all the time.
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Music Time Universe
Never have your wallet with you onstage. It’s bad luck. You shouldn’t play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.
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Inspirational Money Musician Need Play Stage Wallet Yourself
I’m not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.
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Fight Justice Myself World
But then I’m one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.
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Afraid Conversation Death Live Music Telephone
If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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Enough Far Home Yourself
I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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Late Myself Ride
The piano has been drinking, not me.
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Drink Funny Instrument Myself Piano
I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
TOM WAITS

Hate Myself Prime

People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.

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People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.

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