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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

Tom Waits

I did my time in the jail of your arms.
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Arms Time Yourself
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.
TOM WAITS

Detail Intimate Myself Perfection Problem Thinking
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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Inspirational Money Musician Need Play Stage Wallet Yourself
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Gentle Man Play
You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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Known Trust Yourself
I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
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Audio Illusion Myself Sick Wrong
I put food on the table and roof overhead. But I’d trade it all tomorrow for the highway instead.
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Food High Myself Table Trade
The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
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Bible Devil Hands Himself Religious
I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.
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Eyes Movie Song Thinking
You can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again.
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Drive Nature Roar Yourself
I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
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Drink Myself Problem
You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
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Children Learning Yourself
There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
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Advice Deep Food Freedom Trap
The beginning of it starts at the end.
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Beginning End Start
I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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Freedom Myself Science
Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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Devil God Sleep World

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