She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
TOM WAITSI started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong. I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.
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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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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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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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Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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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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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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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
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You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
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I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I’d trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.
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There’s no prayer like desire.
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When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
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When you’re writing‚ you’re conjuring. It’s a ritual‚ and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you’re inviting into the room.
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