We have a deficit of wonder right now.
TOM WAITSI started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I was always laughing in church.
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
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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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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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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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The blues is like a planet. It’s an enormous topic. You can’t ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It’s a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don’t know where I would be. It’s indelible and indispensable.
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She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.
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I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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