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.
TOM WAITSI like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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There’s no prayer like desire.
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There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
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I like Thelonious Monk, he’s so gnarled, he’s like a piece of machinery that’s pulled up the bolts on the floor and gone off on its own.
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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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The beginning of it starts at the end.
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You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
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When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
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She’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
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I’m not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.
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If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home.
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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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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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Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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You’re innocent when you dream.
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