I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
TOM WAITSWe have a deficit of wonder right now.
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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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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 always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We’re all looking at the wrapping. But we won’t tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath.
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The ocean doesn’t want me today, But I’ll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard’s away But the ocean doesn’t want me today.
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
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The Universe is making music all the time.
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I’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
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We have a deficit of wonder right now.
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There’s a beauty of show business. It’s the only business you can have a career in when you’re dead.
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I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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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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