Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell ’em to do that, they’ll find a little pot of gold.
TOM WAITSI 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.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
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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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She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all the time. Things are falling over and breaking and spilling. If you live on the second story, you really have to keep the windows shut all the time.
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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
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A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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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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It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
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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 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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But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
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And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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