The trick is to have a career and have a family. It’s like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.
TOM WAITSit ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
More Tom Waits Quotes
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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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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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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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I’m trying to get music ideas that come and keep them alive. It’s like carrying water in your hands. I want to keep it all, and sometimes by the time you get to the studio you have nothing.
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I like turning on two radios at once. I like hearing things wrong. I get a lot of ideas by mishearing things.
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When your down on your luck and you’ve lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.
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A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.
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I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
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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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We have a deficit of wonder right now.
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Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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