Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
TOM WAITSWell I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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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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I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong. I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
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Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell ’em to do that, they’ll find a little pot of gold.
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Their memory’s like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can’t remember Tell the things you can’t forget that History puts a saint in every dream.
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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
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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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I’m always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you’re drowning, and it’s there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.
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I don’t like hearing Beatles songs in commercials. It almost renders them useless. I think, ‘Oh God, another one bites the dust.’
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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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