The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
TOM WAITSWhen I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
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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On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.
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Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.
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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
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Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me – choke those little bad days. Choke ’em down to nothing.
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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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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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The Universe is making music all the time.
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They say that I have no hits and that I’m difficult to work with. And they say that like it’s a bad thing.
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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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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don’t get out much. It’s true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.
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