The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
TOM WAITSThe dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I like Thelonious Monk, he’s so gnarled, he’s like a piece of machinery that’s pulled up the bolts on the floor and gone off on its own.
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If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what you “know” about me is only what I allowed you to know about me.
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I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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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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But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
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The beginning of it starts at the end.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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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.
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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.
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