I saw a crow building a nest, I was watching him very carefully, I was kind of stalking him and he was… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I don't like the word 'poetry,' and I don't like poetry readings, and I usually don't like poets. I would much prefer… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I don't know if any genuine, meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
It wasn't good for my nerves, that kind of work - a fireman. I've got high blood pressure. I get upset easily.… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
People say all kinds of things about the ingredients of songs. But you know they are a kind of magic, in the… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I guess I've always lived upside down when I want things I can't have. My wife actually thinks I have a syndrome… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
There's truths there that spiral out of what appears to be just a word game. That's what I find mystifying about the… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I was a fireman. I lived in the fire station for about a year. The pay wasn't so good. It was kind… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
When you say you're doing an opera, it's like when you're a seven-year-old and say, 'I'm off to Washington, Dad.' You kind… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
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… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Bill Hicks - blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
“an all time favorite: "The large print giveth, the small print taketh away.” — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
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… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
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… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I was born in the back seat of a Yellow Cab in a hospital loading zone and with the meter still running. I emerged… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
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… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
