And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
TOM WAITSAnd the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.
TOM WAITSDon’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
TOM WAITSThe way you do anything is the way you do everything.
TOM WAITSThere’s no prayer like desire.
TOM WAITSI’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
TOM WAITSIt’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
TOM WAITSThe ocean doesn’t want me today, But I’ll come back tomorrow to play. The riptide is waging And the life guard’s away But the ocean doesn’t want me today.
TOM WAITSWe are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
TOM WAITSI like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
TOM WAITSMostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
TOM WAITSThe beginning of it starts at the end.
TOM WAITSI’m not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.
TOM WAITSShe’s got the whole dark forest living inside of her.
TOM WAITSI do some acting. And there’s a difference between “I do some acting” and “I’m an actor.”
TOM WAITSIf 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 WAITSYou know, we just buy music now. We don’t make it any more. And that goes for just about everything. I think it’s so important that people develop and subscribe to and have confidence in their own ability to make music, however rough it is.
TOM WAITS