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.
TOM WAITSMost 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.
TOM WAITSI 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.
TOM WAITSI’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.
TOM WAITSThe earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
TOM WAITSDid the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
TOM WAITSI was always laughing in church.
TOM WAITSI never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
TOM WAITSIf people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
TOM WAITSI 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.
TOM WAITSI have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
TOM WAITSWell I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
TOM WAITSit ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
TOM WAITSThey say that I have no hits and that I’m difficult to work with. And they say that like it’s a bad thing.
TOM WAITSYou have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
TOM WAITSShe’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
TOM WAITSI sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
TOM WAITS