There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
TOM WAITSI’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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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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I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.
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I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.
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I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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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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She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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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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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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When your down on your luck and you’ve lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.
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All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes
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Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.
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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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