There’s nothing that makes me laugh more than being in the situation where you’re not supposed to laugh. Funerals. People crying. Breaking down. Telling you their life. I’m the worst. I’m the worst at that.
TOM WAITSWe 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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Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell ’em to do that, they’ll find a little pot of gold.
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I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.
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I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.
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I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I’d trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.
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New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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I don’t think that you should be perfectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates considerable personal problems.
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Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.
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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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On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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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’m always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you’re drowning, and it’s there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.
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Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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