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.
TOM WAITSTime is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?
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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 made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
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I don’t go to church on Sunday, don’t get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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Their memory’s like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can’t remember Tell the things you can’t forget that History puts a saint in every dream.
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Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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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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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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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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The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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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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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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