We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
TOM WAITSI’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I admit that I ain’t no angel, I admit that I ain’t no saint – I’m selfish and I’m cruel and I’m blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they’re so hard to find.
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The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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I dunno when I started writing really. I was, like, filling out applications and stuff real early. Last name first, first name last, sex. ‘occasionally’ , stuff like that. Then I was writing letters, filling out forms, writing on bathroom walls.
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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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Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
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There’s no prayer like desire.
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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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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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The Universe is making music all the time.
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The beginning of it starts at the end.
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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 guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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