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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

Tom Waits

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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People Scare Success Yourself
There’s no prayer like desire.
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Desire One Liner Prayer
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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Affect Audience Believe Important Myself Way
When your down on your luck and you’ve lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.
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Down Dreams Luck Yourself
It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
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Born Mysterious Thinking Writing Yourself
The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what you “know” about me is only what I allowed you to know about me.
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Allow Fact Myself People Rumor Yourself
Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.
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Brain Built Drive Himself Road Specialist Vision Willing
I don’t have a drinking problem ‘Cept when I can’t get a drink.
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Drink Myself Problem
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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Capture End Feature Song Writing
But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
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Cold Dance Hard Music Way
You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
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Love Relationship Romantic Star Yourself
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
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Beautiful Melody Myself Terrible
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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Drowning Music Rescue Sound Time Yourself
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Gentle Man Play
I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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Initial Myself Scratch
Arithmetic arithmetock Turn the hands back on the clock How does the ocean rock the boat? How did the razor find my throat? The only strings that hold me here Are tangled up around the pier.
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Arithmetic Boat Finding Hands Hold Myself Ocean

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