I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.
TOM WAITSNot the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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We have a deficit of wonder right now.
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I admit that I ain’t no angel, I admit that I ain’t no saint – I’m selfish and I’m cruel and I’m blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they’re so hard to find.
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Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me – choke those little bad days. Choke ’em down to nothing.
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New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.
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All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.
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You can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again.
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I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.
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My wife called me a mule. She once said, “I didn’t marry a man; I married a mule!” I kept thinking about it. It was in the back of my head. I think it makes a good title for an album.
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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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