A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
TOM WAITSThere’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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You’re innocent when you dream.
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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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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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I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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For a songwriter, you don’t really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take them apart and see what they’re made of, and wonder if you can make one, too.
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Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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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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The blues is like a planet. It’s an enormous topic. You can’t ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It’s a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don’t know where I would be. It’s indelible and indispensable.
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Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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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 piano has been drinking, not me.
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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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