Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
TOM WAITSIf you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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I don’t like hearing Beatles songs in commercials. It almost renders them useless. I think, ‘Oh God, another one bites the dust.’
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But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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Most people don’t care if you’re telling them the truth or if you’re telling them a lie, as long as they’re entertained by it.
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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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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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I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
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You’re innocent when you dream.
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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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