The blues is like a planet. It’s an enormous topic. You can’t ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It’s a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don’t know where I would be. It’s indelible and indispensable.
TOM WAITSNot the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.
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On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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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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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
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All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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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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I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
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I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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