Tom Waits quotes

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't. (Tom Waits)
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things. View quote
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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. We are monkeys with money and guns. View quote
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Don't you know there ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk. View quote
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The piano has been drinking, not me. View quote
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The large print giveth and the small print taketh away. View quote
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I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas. View quote
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Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends. View quote
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My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. View quote
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If you get far enough away you'll be on your way back home. View quote
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She's been married so many times she's got rice marks all over her face. (Tom Waits)
If I exorcise my devils, well, my angels may leave too. View quote
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I don't have a drinking problem ‘cept when I can't get a drink. View quote
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If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man. View quote
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The dog won't bite if you beat Him with a bone. View quote
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Come down off the cross, we can use the wood. View quote
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I don't go to church on Sunday, don't get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way. View quote
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Well, it's either kiss me or kill me, that's how I see it. View quote
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Oh, I'm not a percussionist, I just like to hit things. View quote
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the earth is not my home, I'm just passing by. View quote
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All that you've loved is all you own. (Tom Waits)
Oh I don't mind going to weddings, just as long as it's not my own... View quote
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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? View quote
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but it's so hard to dance that way when it's cold and there's no music. View quote
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Let me fall out of the window/ With confetti in my hair. View quote
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