I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
TOM WAITSIf there’s one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man.
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’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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I dunno when I started writing really. I was, like, filling out applications and stuff real early. Last name first, first name last, sex. ‘occasionally’ , stuff like that. Then I was writing letters, filling out forms, writing on bathroom walls.
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Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
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I was always laughing in church.
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I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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You’re innocent when you dream.
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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’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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I like Thelonious Monk, he’s so gnarled, he’s like a piece of machinery that’s pulled up the bolts on the floor and gone off on its own.
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Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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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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You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
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Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don’t care if they lose it; they’ll just make another one.
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