it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
TOM WAITSThey say that I have no hits and that I’m difficult to work with. And they say that like it’s a bad thing.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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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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I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.
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You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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If there’s one thing you can say about mankind, there’s nothing kind about man.
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Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.
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I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.
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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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There’s a beauty of show business. It’s the only business you can have a career in when you’re dead.
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You’re innocent when you dream.
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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 always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.
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Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you’re dead.
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