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I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

Tom Waits

Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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Back Sight Yourself
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Gentle Man Play
I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong – I have audio illusions.
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Audio Illusion Myself Sick Wrong
Most people don’t care if you’re telling them the truth or if you’re telling them a lie, as long as they’re entertained by it.
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Care Entertainment Lying People Truth Yourself
On my gravestone, I want it to say, “I told you I was sick.”
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Funny Grave Myself Sick
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.
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Abundance Beneath Bury Confusion Gun Happiness Information Knowledge Money Weapon Weight
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
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
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Air Interest Song
I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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Lying Myself Talk Truth
I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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Initial Myself Scratch
I sold a quart of blood and bought a half a pint of scotch.
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Alcohol Blood Myself
You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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Busy Car Dog Move Yourself
Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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Funny Instrument Musician Myself
You learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
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Children Learning Yourself
I admit that I ain’t no angel, I admit that I ain’t no saint – I’m selfish and I’m cruel and I’m blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they’re so hard to find.
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Angel Blind Finding Hard Myself Selfish
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

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