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Tom Waits Quotes

Tom Waits quotes

American Musician December 7, 1949

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Q: What’s hard for you? A: 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. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders. Carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German. Tom Waits
Tom Waits quote: "bringing up children was]like living with a bunch of..."
bringing up children was]like living with a bunch of drunks...you really have to be on your toes all the time. Tom Waits
The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the impact that it has had and continues to have on the whole musical culture. It's a tree that everyone is swinging from. Without it, I don't know where I would be. It's indelible and indispensable. Tom Waits
Tom Waits quote: "but it's so hard to dance that way when it's cold and there's..."
but it's so hard to dance that way when it's cold and there's no music. Tom Waits
The ship is sinking. The ship is sinking. There's leak, there's a leak, in the boiler room. The poor, the lame, the blind. Who ore the ones that we kept incharge. Killers, thieves, and lawyers. God's Away, God's away. God's away on Business Tom Waits
Tom Waits quote: "God's away, God's away, God's away on business. Business!"
God's away, God's away, God's away on business. Business! Tom Waits
I saw a crow building a nest, I was watching him very carefully, I was kind of stalking him and he was aware of it. And you know what they do when they become aware of someone stalking them when they build a nest, which is a very vulnerable place to be? They build a decoy nest. It's just for you. Tom Waits
Tom Waits quote: "when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams..."
when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans Tom Waits
I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites. Tom Waits
Tom Waits quote: "Any place is good for eavesdropping, if you know how to..."
Any place is good for eavesdropping, if you know how to eavesdrop. Tom Waits
Tom Waits quote: "It's the same with men as with horses and dogs, nothing wants..."
It's the same with men as with horses and dogs, nothing wants to die. Tom Waits
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. Tom Waits (to me, about 1986 or so) Tom Waits
Tom Waits quote: "Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's..."
Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk. Tom Waits
Tom Waits quote: "There ain't no devil, only God when he's drunk."
There ain't no devil, only God when he's drunk. Tom Waits
Tom Waits quote: "There ain't no devil there's just god when he's drunk"
There ain't no devil there's just god when he's drunk Tom Waits

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