You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
TOM WAITSIf you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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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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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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Never have your wallet with you onstage. It’s bad luck. You shouldn’t play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.
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I like vocal word stuff. But I don’t always write with an instrument, I usually write a capella. It’s more like drawing in the air with your fingers. It’s closest to the choreography of a bee. You’re freer.
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There’s a beauty of show business. It’s the only business you can have a career in when you’re dead.
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I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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The folks who know the truth aren’t talking. The ones who don’t have a clue, you can’t shut them up!
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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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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.
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