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?
TOM WAITSNot the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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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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The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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But then I’m one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.
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When your down on your luck and you’ve lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.
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The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what you “know” about me is only what I allowed you to know about me.
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You’re innocent when you dream.
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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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The beginning of it starts at the end.
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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 never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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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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I was always laughing in church.
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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
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