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I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.

Tom Waits

Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.
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Cross Wood
I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong. I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.
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Hear Ideas Myself Wrong
A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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Dumb Intelligence Mental
New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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End Force Surreal Yourself
When your down on your luck and you’ve lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.
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Down Dreams Luck Yourself
The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
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Bible Devil Hands Himself Religious
They say that I have no hits and that I’m difficult to work with. And they say that like it’s a bad thing.
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Bad Difficult Myself Work
I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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Freedom Myself Science
You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
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Children Learning Yourself
People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.
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People Scare Success Yourself
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Gentle Man Play
I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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Arms Time Yourself
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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Capture End Feature Song Writing
The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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Earth Home Myself Philosophy Travel Wisdom
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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Abundance Beneath Bury Confusion Gun Happiness Information Knowledge Money Weapon Weight
I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
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Audio Illusion Myself Sick Wrong

I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.

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