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There’s a beauty of show business. It’s the only business you can have a career in when you’re dead.

Tom Waits

I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
TOM WAITS

Inspirational Myself Poor Reach Start
Don’t plant your days they turn into weeds.
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Day Plant Yourself
Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don’t care if they lose it; they’ll just make another one.
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Best Better Care Children Growth Oneself
You’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
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Known Trust Yourself
I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.
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Eyes Movie Song Thinking
The piano has been drinking, not me.
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Drink Funny Instrument Myself Piano
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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Guard Life Myself Ocean Play
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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Capture End Feature Song Writing
I’ve lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
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Balance Car Myself Pride
We are all just monkeys with money and guns.
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Monkey Reality Weapon
I’ll take a rusty nail and scratch your initials on my arm.
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Initial Myself Scratch
Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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Dreams Instagram Captions One Liner Rainbow Sing Steal
Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
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Desire Memories Time
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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Inspirational Money Musician Need Play Stage Wallet Yourself
There’s always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.
TOM WAITS

Advice Deep Food Freedom Trap
Most 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 WAITS

Admire Death Feeling People

There’s a beauty of show business. It’s the only business you can have a career in when you’re dead.

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