I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
TOM WAITSNever trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
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I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
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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 hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.
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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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You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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There’s no prayer like desire.
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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
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I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
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You’re innocent when you 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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A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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