Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
TOM WAITSGot a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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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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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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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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Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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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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When you’re writing‚ you’re conjuring. It’s a ritual‚ and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you’re inviting into the room.
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Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
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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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I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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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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