Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
TOM WAITSFor a songwriter, you don’t really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take them apart and see what they’re made of, and wonder if you can make one, too.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
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You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell ’em to do that, they’ll find a little pot of gold.
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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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I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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There’s nothing that makes me laugh more than being in the situation where you’re not supposed to laugh. Funerals. People crying. Breaking down. Telling you their life. I’m the worst. I’m the worst at that.
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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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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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The dog won’t bite if you beat Him with a bone.
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I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
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I do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
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