A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
TOM WAITSI did my time in the jail of your arms.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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The beginning of it starts at the end.
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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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Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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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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The ocean doesn’t want me today, But I’ll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard’s away But the ocean doesn’t want me today.
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If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.
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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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There’s no prayer like desire.
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I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
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I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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The Universe is making music all the time.
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My wife called me a mule. She once said, “I didn’t marry a man; I married a mule!” I kept thinking about it. It was in the back of my head. I think it makes a good title for an album.
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