--- title: "11 Bigs Quotes By Tom Waits" description: "11 Bigs quotes by Tom Waits. Plus more from Tom Waits and more Bigs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c04/tom-waits-916_big-time_i-don-t-know-what-the-big-time-is-157472_1574728.jpg" --- > [I don't know what the 'big time' is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-don-t-know-what-the-big-time-is/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c04/tom-waits-916_big-time_i-don-t-know-what-the-big-time-is-157472_1574728.jpg) > [My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/my-first-big-gig-was-an-opening-show-for-frank-zappa-and-i-think-that/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/tom-waits-916_bigs_my-first-big-gig-was-an-opening-show-for_3146230.jpg) > [Popular music is like a big party, and it’s a thrill sneaking in rather than being invited. Every once in a while,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/popular-music-is-like-a-big-party-and-it-s-a-thrill-sneaking-in/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad5/tom-waits-916_adventure_popular-music-is-like-a-big-party-and-it_2650547.jpg) > [Songs are pretty easy. They are small, they are modular, they are about as big as a bagel. They are easy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/songs-are-pretty-easy-they-are-small-they-are-modular-they-are-about/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/tom-waits-916_bagels_songs-are-pretty-easy-they-are-small-the_298977.jpg) > [I always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-always-liked-the-idea-that-america-is-a-big-facade-we-are-all/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/tom-waits-916_america_i-always-liked-the-idea-that-america-is_2649059.jpg) > [As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/as-a-kid-i-did-want-to-be-an-old-timer-since-they-were-the-ones-with/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/tom-waits-916_back-in-time_as-a-kid-i-did-want-to-be-an-old-timer-s_595533.jpg) > [I've made a profound transformation. I've fashioned some cyber-underwear. I'm not scared of anything! Actually, I am scared of a few things.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-ve-made-a-profound-transformation-i-ve-fashioned-some-cyber/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/837/tom-waits-916_absence_i-ve-made-a-profound-transformation-i-ve_1691273.jpg) > [I guess I've always lived upside down when I want things I can't have. My wife actually thinks I have a syndrome…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-guess-i-ve-always-lived-upside-down-when-i-want-things-i-can-t-have-2/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/tom-waits-916_back-in-time_i-guess-i-ve-always-lived-upside-down-wh_2700200.jpg) > [If I want to walk out in the desert and heat up a can of beans on a fire, I still can.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-i-want-to-walk-out-in-the-desert-and-heat-up-a-can-of-beans-on-a/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/tom-waits-916_age_if-i-want-to-walk-out-in-the-desert-and_2781159.jpg) > [If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-you-are-recording-you-are-recording-i-don-t-believe-there-is-such/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/tom-waits-916_anatomy_if-you-are-recording-you-are-recording-i_1039679.jpg) > [This is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/this-is-about-all-the-bad-days-in-the-world-i-used-to-have-some/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d7/tom-waits-916_bad-day_this-is-about-all-the-bad-days-in-the-wo_3114006.jpg) ## Other authors on Bigs ## More by Tom Waits > [Most of us have the residue of thousands of songs in our ears, that if you end up songwriting, I think you're mostly smoking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/most-of-us-have-the-residue-of-thousands-of-songs-in-our-ears-that-if/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [Bill Hicks - blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/bill-hicks-blowtorch-excavator-truthsayer-and-brain-specialist-he/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [Don't plant your days they turn into weeds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/don-t-plant-your-days-they-turn-into-weeds/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [“T’ain’t no sin to take off your skin, and dance around in your bones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/t-ain-t-no-sin-to-take-off-your-skin-and-dance-around-in-your-bones/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [“an all time favorite: "The large print giveth, the small print taketh away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/an-all-time-favorite-the-large-print-giveth-the-small-print-taketh/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [I'll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-ll-tell-you-all-my-secrets-but-i-lie-about-my-past/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/for-a-songwriter-you-don-t-really-go-to-songwriting-school-you-learn/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [I'm trying to learn how to write faster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-m-trying-to-learn-how-to-write-faster/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/the-world-is-a-hellish-place-and-bad-writing-is-destroying-the/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [I'm always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you're drowning, and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-m-always-looking-for-sounds-that-are-pleasing-at-the-time-the-sound/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [I was born in the back seat of a Yellow Cab in a hospital loading zone and with the meter still running. I emerged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-was-born-in-the-back-seat-of-a-yellow-cab-in-a-hospital-loading/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [There's not much difference between what I appear to be on stage and what I am. I think people like that, that I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/there-s-not-much-difference-between-what-i-appear-to-be-on-stage-and/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/most-of-the-things-you-absorb-you-will-ultimately-secrete/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/the-devil-knows-the-bible-like-the-back-of-his-hand/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) > [I bark my voice out through a closed throat, pretty much. It's more, perhaps, like a dog in some ways. It does have its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-bark-my-voice-out-through-a-closed-throat-pretty-much-it-s-more/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigs/tom-waits/#itemlist", "name": "11 Bigs Quotes By Tom Waits", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know what the 'big time' is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Waits" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-don-t-know-what-the-big-time-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c04/tom-waits-916_big-time_i-don-t-know-what-the-big-time-is-157472_1574728.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c04/tom-waits-916_big-time_i-don-t-know-what-the-big-time-is-157472_1574728.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c04/tom-waits-916_big-time_i-don-t-know-what-the-big-time-is-157472_1574728.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't know what the 'big time' is.” — Tom Waits", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Waits" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/my-first-big-gig-was-an-opening-show-for-frank-zappa-and-i-think-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/tom-waits-916_bigs_my-first-big-gig-was-an-opening-show-for_3146230.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/tom-waits-916_bigs_my-first-big-gig-was-an-opening-show-for_3146230.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/tom-waits-916_bigs_my-first-big-gig-was-an-opening-show-for_3146230.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.” — Tom Waits", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Popular music is like a big party, and it’s a thrill sneaking in rather than being invited. 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In those movies like…” — Tom Waits", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal. The drama around even sitting in the car and singing into a tape recorder that's as big as your hand - waiting until it's very quiet, doing your thing, and then playing it back and hoping you like it - is the same basic anatomy as when you're in the recording studio, really. Sometimes it's better that way because some of the pressure is off and you can pretend it's throwaway.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Waits" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-you-are-recording-you-are-recording-i-don-t-believe-there-is-such/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/tom-waits-916_anatomy_if-you-are-recording-you-are-recording-i_1039679.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/tom-waits-916_anatomy_if-you-are-recording-you-are-recording-i_1039679.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/tom-waits-916_anatomy_if-you-are-recording-you-are-recording-i_1039679.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you are recording, you are recording. 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