She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
TOM WAITSI have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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I’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
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Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.
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You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
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You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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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.
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If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
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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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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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If there’s one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man.
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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I like Thelonious Monk, he’s so gnarled, he’s like a piece of machinery that’s pulled up the bolts on the floor and gone off on its own.
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Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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