The piano has been drinking, not me.
TOM WAITSI sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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If there’s one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man.
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If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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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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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
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It’s very hard to stop doing things you’re used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.
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You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
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Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
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I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.
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