I’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
TOM WAITSDid the devil make the world while God was sleeping?
More Tom Waits Quotes
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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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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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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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You have to keep busy. After all, no dog’s ever pissed on a moving car.
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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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You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
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I guess I’ve always lived upside down when I want things I can’t have.
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I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.
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The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what you “know” about me is only what I allowed you to know about me.
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New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
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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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I was always laughing in church.
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Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all the time. Things are falling over and breaking and spilling. If you live on the second story, you really have to keep the windows shut all the time.
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If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
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