I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
TOM WAITSCome down off the cross, we could use the wood.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I’m always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you’re drowning, and it’s there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.
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All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
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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.
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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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The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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You can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again.
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Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
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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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When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
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You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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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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Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all the time. Things are falling over and breaking and spilling. If you live on the second story, you really have to keep the windows shut all the time.
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