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The piano has been drinking, not me.

Tom Waits

Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
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Devil Drink God Himself Known
I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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Alcohol Blood Myself
it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
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Bone Dance Sin Skin Yourself
I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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Hate Myself Prime
The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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Earth Home Myself Philosophy Travel Wisdom
You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
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Children Learning Yourself
I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
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Act Actor Difference Myself
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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Angel Blind Finding Hard Myself Selfish
Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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Bad Body Drink Heart Myself
It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
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Born Mysterious Thinking Writing Yourself
Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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Funny Instrument Musician Myself
I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong. I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.
TOM WAITS

Hear Ideas Myself Wrong
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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Bad Destroy Hell Ourselves Place Suffering World Writing
There’s a beauty of show business. It’s the only business you can have a career in when you’re dead.
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Beautiful Business Career Death Show Yourself
The trick is to have a career and have a family. It’s like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.
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Career Family Night Trick Yourself
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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Alive Hands Ideas Music Time Yourself

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