Tom Waits: Trending quotes (page 2)

“the earth is not my home, I'm just passing by”

“I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.”

“I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.”

“The piano has been drinking, not me.”

“All that you've loved is all you own”

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

“I've been riding on the crest of a slump lately.”

“And the things you can’t remember tell the things you can forget, that history puts a saint in every dream.”

“Oh I don't mind going to weddings, just as long as it's not my own…”

“Time is just memory
Mixed in with Desire.”

“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?”

“We are all just monkeys with money and guns.”

“but it's so hard to dance that way when it's cold and there's no music.”

“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)”

“Let me fall out of the window/
With confetti in my hair”

“The Universe is making music all the time.”

“The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.”

“When the weather's rough and it's whiskey in the rain it's best to wrap your savior up in cellophane.”

“Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream.”