I was always laughing in church.
TOM WAITSYou can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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They say that I have no hits and that I’m difficult to work with. And they say that like it’s a bad thing.
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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.
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People get frightened that success is going to take them out of life. They’re no longer going to be on the corner of Bedlam and Squalor; life will only be something you can get through the mail.
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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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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
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Slept all night in the cedar grove, I was born to ramble, born to rove, some men are searchin’ for the holy grail, but there ain’t nothin’ sweeter than ridin’ the rails.
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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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The piano has been drinking, not me.
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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
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The earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
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But it’s so hard to dance that way when it’s cold and there’s no music.
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You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?
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Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk.
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I’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
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