Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
TOM WAITS
TOM WAITS
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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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Tom WaitsTom Waits I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.
Tom WaitsTom Waits Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
Tom WaitsTom Waits Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
Tom WaitsTom Waits 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.
Tom WaitsTom Waits There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I can’t listen to so much music at the same time. I think you really have to have a diet. You’re just processing too much, there’s no place to put it. If you go a long time without hearing music, then you hear music that nobody else hears.
Tom WaitsTom Waits When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
Tom WaitsTom Waits We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I dunno when I started writing really. I was, like, filling out applications and stuff real early. Last name first, first name last, sex. ‘occasionally’ , stuff like that. Then I was writing letters, filling out forms, writing on bathroom walls.
Tom WaitsTom Waits Most people don’t care if you’re telling them the truth or if you’re telling them a lie, as long as they’re entertained by it.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
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