I don’t go to church on Sunday, don’t get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way
TOM WAITSA gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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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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You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
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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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And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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I’m trying to get music ideas that come and keep them alive. It’s like carrying water in your hands. I want to keep it all, and sometimes by the time you get to the studio you have nothing.
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It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.
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I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
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They say that I have no hits and that I’m difficult to work with. And they say that like it’s a bad thing.
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I like vocal word stuff. But I don’t always write with an instrument, I usually write a capella. It’s more like drawing in the air with your fingers. It’s closest to the choreography of a bee. You’re freer.
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You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
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I don’t think that you should be perfectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates considerable personal problems.
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Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.
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