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Tom Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor known for his distinctive gravelly voice and eclectic musical style. His work blends elements of jazz, blues, and experimental rock, often with lyrics that depict the lives of outcasts and dreamers. He has influenced generations of musicians and has built a devoted cult following. Here are 132 of his quotes:

There's no prayer like desire.

Tom Waits

The Music was like Electric Sugar.

Tom Waits

It's the same with men as with horses and dogs, nothing wants to die.

Tom Waits

Got a head full of lightning, a hat full of rain.

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and when they pulled her from the wreck, you know, she still had on her shades.

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I worry about a lot of things, but I don't worry about achievements. I worry primarily about whether there are nightclubs in Heaven.

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I danced along a colored wind/ Dangled from a rope of sand.

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It's cold out there, colder than a ticket taker's smile at the Ivar Theatre on a Saturday night.

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bringing up children was]like living with a bunch of drunks... you really have to be on your toes all the time.

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The face forgives the mirror, the worm forgives the plough, the question begs the answer, can you forgive me somehow?

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Pregnant women and Vietnam vets, beggin on the freeway, bout as hard as it gets.

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(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."

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Disneyland is Vegas for children.

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How do the angels get to sleep / When the Devil leaves his porch light on?

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I'm so goddamn horny, the crack of dawn better be careful around me!

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And someone will head south 'til this whole thing cools off.

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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.

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Our Father, who art in Cribari, hallowed be thy glass. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in the lounges. Give us this day our daily splash, and forgive us our hangovers as we forgive those who continue to hangover against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil...and somebody give us all a ride home.

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It's very hard to stop doing things you're used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.

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When you're writing‚ you're conjuring. It's a ritual‚ and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you're inviting into the room.

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when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans.

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Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or paper airplanes. They don't care if they lose it; they'll just make another one.

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