I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
TOM WAITSWhen I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
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Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.
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I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
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Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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I can’t listen to so much music at the same time. I think you really have to have a diet. You’re just processing too much, there’s no place to put it. If you go a long time without hearing music, then you hear music that nobody else hears.
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I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.
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Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
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On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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