The beginning of it starts at the end.
TOM WAITSThe beginning of it starts at the end.
TOM WAITSI’ll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past.
TOM WAITSMost of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don’t get out much. It’s true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.
TOM WAITSI’m the type of guy who’d sell you a rat’s asshole for a wedding ring.
TOM WAITSYou’re my North Star when I’m lost and feeling blue.
TOM WAITSThe earth is not my home, I’m just passing by.
TOM WAITSI made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars.
TOM WAITSAll that you’ve loved is all you own.
TOM WAITSThe average person spends two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
TOM WAITSTheir memory’s like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can’t remember Tell the things you can’t forget that History puts a saint in every dream.
TOM WAITSYou learn as much from your kids as they learn from you.
TOM WAITSBreak windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell ’em to do that, they’ll find a little pot of gold.
TOM WAITSI’ve seen it all through the yellow windows of the evening train.
TOM WAITSNew York forces you to be in endless surreal situations.
TOM WAITSIf I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.
TOM WAITSI can’t listen to so much music at the same time. I think you really have to have a diet. You’re just processing too much, there’s no place to put it. If you go a long time without hearing music, then you hear music that nobody else hears.
TOM WAITS