The Universe is making music all the time.
TOM WAITSA gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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We have a deficit of wonder right now.
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
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Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don’t get out much. It’s true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.
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You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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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. We are monkeys with money and guns.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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You’re innocent when you dream.
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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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If there’s one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man.
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She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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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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I’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
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Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
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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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The folks who know the truth aren’t talking. The ones who don’t have a clue, you can’t shut them up!
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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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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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You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
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