I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
TOM WAITSI made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I can’t listen to so much music at the same time. I think you really have to have a diet. You’re just processing too much, there’s no place to put it. If you go a long time without hearing music, then you hear music that nobody else hears.
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The Universe is making music all the time.
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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
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It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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The beginning of it starts at the end.
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We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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I like vocal word stuff. But I don’t always write with an instrument, I usually write a capella. It’s more like drawing in the air with your fingers. It’s closest to the choreography of a bee. You’re freer.
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I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
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It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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