I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
TOM WAITSNot the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?
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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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She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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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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Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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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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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 have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
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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 look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
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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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