Tom Waits Quotes
born 1949 United States
Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) American composer, singer, songwriter, musician and actor.
- United States
- Actors
- Composers
- Musicians
- Singer-songwriters
Also known as: Waits, Tom
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They say that I have no hits, and I'm difficult to work with. And they say that like it's a bad thing.
Some men are searching for the Holy Grail, but there ain't nothing sweeter than riding the rail.
"She's been married so many times she's got rice marks all over her face"
Nighthawks at the Diner (1975)
Don't you know there ain't no devil? There's only God when He's drunk.
The dog won't bite if you beat Him with a bone
Well, I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
Fernwood Tonight (1977)
Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.
And their mouths are cut like razor blades, and their eyes are like stilettos, and her radiator's steaming and her teeth are in a wreck, she won't let you kiss her, but what in the hell do you expect?
(When asked for advice for younger musicians) "Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell 'em to do that, they'll find a little pot of gold."
Your veal cutlet gets up off the plate, It walks down to end of the counter and beat the shit out of my cup of coffee. I guess the coffee just wasn't strong enough to defend itself.
Nighthawks at the Diner (1975)
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.
Well, you know when you're the opening act for large groups? Sometimes you feel like a rectal thermometer, you're going out there taking the temperature of the audience.