And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
TOM WAITSYou’re innocent when you dream.
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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Never have your wallet with you onstage. It’s bad luck. You shouldn’t play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.
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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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Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.
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I’m just trying to make a buck like everyone else.
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I don’t think that you should be perfectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates considerable personal problems.
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The average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
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People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.
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Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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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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