All that you’ve loved is all you own.
TOM WAITSThe piano has been drinking, not me.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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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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Most people don’t care if you’re telling them the truth or if you’re telling them a lie, as long as they’re entertained by it.
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Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
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I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I’m a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.
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You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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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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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’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 piano has been drinking, not me.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
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