The ocean doesn’t want me today, But I’ll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard’s away But the ocean doesn’t want me today.
TOM WAITSNever trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
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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 always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We’re all looking at the wrapping. But we won’t tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath.
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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.
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I admit that I ain’t no angel, I admit that I ain’t no saint – I’m selfish and I’m cruel and I’m blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they’re so hard to find.
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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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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 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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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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The folks who know the truth aren’t talking. The ones who don’t have a clue, you can’t shut them up!
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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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Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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I don’t like the stigma that comes with being called a poet. So I call what I’m doing an improvisational adventure or an inebriational travelogue.
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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
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