I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
TOM WAITSWell, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I’m not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.
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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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I’m always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you’re drowning, and it’s there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.
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On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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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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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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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong. I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.
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New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell ’em to do that, they’ll find a little pot of gold.
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You know, we just buy music now. We don’t make it any more. And that goes for just about everything. I think it’s so important that people develop and subscribe to and have confidence in their own ability to make music, however rough it is.
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If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it’s good. I’m not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don’t cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don’t stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you’ll never see it again.
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I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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