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I’m not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.

Tom Waits

Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
TOM WAITS

Friendship Pain Reality
I’m trying to get music ideas that come and keep them alive. It’s like carrying water in your hands. I want to keep it all, and sometimes by the time you get to the studio you have nothing.
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Alive Hands Ideas Music Time Yourself
She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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Forest Herself Live
I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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Alcohol Blood Myself
I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
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Act Actor Difference Myself
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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Capture End Feature Song Writing
You’re innocent when you dream.
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Dreams Innocence Yourself
Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
TOM WAITS

Dreams Instagram Captions One Liner Rainbow Sing Steal
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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Air Interest Song
On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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Funny Grave Myself Sick
The piano has been drinking, not me.
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Drink Funny Instrument Myself Piano
Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don’t get out much. It’s true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.
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Admire Death Feeling People
The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
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Action Style Way Yourself
I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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Late Myself Ride
A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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Dumb Intelligence Mental
I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
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Lying Myself Past Secret

I’m not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.

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