Tom Waits Quotes

On my gravestone, I want it to say, "I told you I was sick."

I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars

Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.

Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.

I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.

I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.

Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.

I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.

She's got the whole dark forest living inside of her.

The beginning of it starts at the end

They say that I have no hits and that I'm difficult to work with. And they say that like it's a bad thing.

When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.

All that you've loved is all you own

I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink.

If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man.

Come down off the cross, we could use the wood.

Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too.

Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.

I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes.

Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.

The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.

The way you do anything is the way you do everything.

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.

The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.

If you get far enough away you'll be on your way back home.

I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in.

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car.

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

There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby.