There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
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’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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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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We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.
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We have a deficit of wonder right now.
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I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
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Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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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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She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
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I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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You can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again.
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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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