I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
TOM WAITSThere’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
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The Universe is making music all the time.
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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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I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
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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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The way you do anything is the way you do everything.
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Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.
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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
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I don’t like hearing Beatles songs in commercials. It almost renders them useless. I think, ‘Oh God, another one bites the dust.’
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New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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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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But then I’m one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.
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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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