I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
TOM WAITSIf there’s one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man.
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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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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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I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I’m a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.
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The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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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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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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Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
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My wife called me a mule. She once said, “I didn’t marry a man; I married a mule!” I kept thinking about it. It was in the back of my head. I think it makes a good title for an album.
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You can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again.
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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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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
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