The 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 WAITSIt’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
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But then I’m one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.
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It’s rather mystifying when you think about writing songs – where they come from, and how they’re born.
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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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Arithmetic arithmetock Turn the hands back on the clock How does the ocean rock the boat? How did the razor find my throat? The only strings that hold me here Are tangled up around the pier.
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The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.
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Don’t look back, because someone might be gaining on you.
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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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Never have your wallet with you onstage. It’s bad luck. You shouldn’t play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.
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Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
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Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.
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I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
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You’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
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I’m always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you’re drowning, and it’s there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.
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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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You can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again.
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