it ain’t no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
TOM WAITSYou’ve gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.
More Tom Waits Quotes
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Oh, I’m not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
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Well you say that it’s gospel, But I know that it’s only church.
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There’s no prayer like desire.
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Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah, I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
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Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.
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Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.
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You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
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I’ve been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
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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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All that you’ve loved is all you own.
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We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
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I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left.
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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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When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
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