---
title: "11 Kind Quotes By Tom Waits"
description: "11 Kind quotes by Tom Waits. Plus more from Tom Waits and more Kind sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/tom-waits-916_asleep_not-the-kind-of-wheel-you-fall-asleep-at_3097685.jpg"
---

> [Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/not-the-kind-of-wheel-you-fall-asleep-at/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/tom-waits-916_asleep_not-the-kind-of-wheel-you-fall-asleep-at_3097685.jpg)

> [If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-there-s-one-thing-you-can-say-about-mankind-there-s-nothing-kind/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/tom-waits-916_ifs_if-there-s-one-thing-you-can-say-about-m_1627469.jpg)

> [I don't know if any genuine, meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-don-t-know-if-any-genuine-meaningful-change-could-ever-result-from/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/tom-waits-916_change_i-don-t-know-if-any-genuine-meaningful-c_2465125.jpg)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/when-you-say-you-re-doing-an-opera-it-s-like-when-you-re-a-seven-year/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2b/tom-waits-916_dad_when-you-say-you-re-doing-an-opera-it-s_2850512.jpg)

> [There's truths there that spiral out of what appears to be just a word game. That's what I find mystifying about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/there-s-truths-there-that-spiral-out-of-what-appears-to-be-just-a/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/tom-waits-916_games_there-s-truths-there-that-spiral-out-of_2705259.jpg)

> [I saw a crow building a nest, I was watching him very carefully, I was kind of stalking him and he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-saw-a-crow-building-a-nest-i-was-watching-him-very-carefully-i-was/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/tom-waits-916_bird_i-saw-a-crow-building-a-nest-i-was-watch_801930.jpg)

> [People say all kinds of things about the ingredients of songs. But you know they are a kind of magic, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/people-say-all-kinds-of-things-about-the-ingredients-of-songs-but-you/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eff/tom-waits-916_about_people-say-all-kinds-of-things-about-the_2661449.jpg)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-don-t-like-the-word-poetry-and-i-don-t-like-poetry-readings-and-i/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/tom-waits-916_curator_i-don-t-like-the-word-poetry-and-i-don-t_2417641.jpg)

> [I was a fireman. I lived in the fire sta­tion for about a year. The pay wasn't so good. It was kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-was-a-fireman-i-lived-in-the-fire-sta-tion-for-about-a-year-the-pay/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/tom-waits-916_army_i-was-a-fireman-i-lived-in-the-fire-sta_2792882.jpg)

> [It wasn't good for my nerves, that kind of work - a fireman. I've got high blood pressure. I get upset easily.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/it-wasn-t-good-for-my-nerves-that-kind-of-work-a-fireman-i-ve-got/)

[Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c7/tom-waits-916_blood-pressure_it-wasn-t-good-for-my-nerves-that-kind-o_2652000.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)

## Other authors on Kind

## 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/kind/tom-waits/#itemlist",
            "name": "11 Kind Quotes By Tom Waits",
            "numberOfItems": 11,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tom Waits"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/not-the-kind-of-wheel-you-fall-asleep-at/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/tom-waits-916_asleep_not-the-kind-of-wheel-you-fall-asleep-at_3097685.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/tom-waits-916_asleep_not-the-kind-of-wheel-you-fall-asleep-at_3097685.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/tom-waits-916_asleep_not-the-kind-of-wheel-you-fall-asleep-at_3097685.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.” — Tom Waits",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tom Waits"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-there-s-one-thing-you-can-say-about-mankind-there-s-nothing-kind/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/tom-waits-916_ifs_if-there-s-one-thing-you-can-say-about-m_1627469.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/tom-waits-916_ifs_if-there-s-one-thing-you-can-say-about-m_1627469.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/tom-waits-916_ifs_if-there-s-one-thing-you-can-say-about-m_1627469.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man.” — Tom Waits",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I don't know if any genuine, meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a gorilla.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tom Waits"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-don-t-know-if-any-genuine-meaningful-change-could-ever-result-from/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/tom-waits-916_change_i-don-t-know-if-any-genuine-meaningful-c_2465125.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/tom-waits-916_change_i-don-t-know-if-any-genuine-meaningful-c_2465125.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/tom-waits-916_change_i-don-t-know-if-any-genuine-meaningful-c_2465125.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I don't know if any genuine, meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing…” — Tom Waits",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "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 of go, 'Sure. Sure you are, son.'",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tom Waits"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/when-you-say-you-re-doing-an-opera-it-s-like-when-you-re-a-seven-year/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2b/tom-waits-916_dad_when-you-say-you-re-doing-an-opera-it-s_2850512.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2b/tom-waits-916_dad_when-you-say-you-re-doing-an-opera-it-s_2850512.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2b/tom-waits-916_dad_when-you-say-you-re-doing-an-opera-it-s_2850512.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“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…” — Tom Waits",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "There's truths there that spiral out of what appears to be just a word game. That's what I find mystifying about the meanings of things: they kind of unscrew themselves from the practical words.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tom Waits"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/there-s-truths-there-that-spiral-out-of-what-appears-to-be-just-a/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/tom-waits-916_games_there-s-truths-there-that-spiral-out-of_2705259.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/tom-waits-916_games_there-s-truths-there-that-spiral-out-of_2705259.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/tom-waits-916_games_there-s-truths-there-that-spiral-out-of_2705259.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“There's truths there that spiral out of what appears to be just a word game. That's what I find mystifying…” — Tom Waits",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 6,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I saw a crow building a nest, I was watching him very carefully, I was kind of stalking him and he was aware of it. And you know what they do when they become aware of someone stalking them when they build a nest, which is a very vulnerable place to be? They build a decoy nest. It's just for you.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tom Waits"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-saw-a-crow-building-a-nest-i-was-watching-him-very-carefully-i-was/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/tom-waits-916_bird_i-saw-a-crow-building-a-nest-i-was-watch_801930.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/tom-waits-916_bird_i-saw-a-crow-building-a-nest-i-was-watch_801930.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/tom-waits-916_bird_i-saw-a-crow-building-a-nest-i-was-watch_801930.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I saw a crow building a nest, I was watching him very carefully, I was kind of stalking him and he was aware…” — Tom Waits",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 7,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "People say all kinds of things about the ingredients of songs. But you know they are a kind of magic, in the sense that they may easily include a stain on your bedroom wall... and a variety of mis-recollections. And then you name it after a girl's name that you just made up.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tom Waits"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/people-say-all-kinds-of-things-about-the-ingredients-of-songs-but-you/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eff/tom-waits-916_about_people-say-all-kinds-of-things-about-the_2661449.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eff/tom-waits-916_about_people-say-all-kinds-of-things-about-the_2661449.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eff/tom-waits-916_about_people-say-all-kinds-of-things-about-the_2661449.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“People say all kinds of things about the ingredients of songs. But you know they are a kind of magic, in the…” — Tom Waits",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 8,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "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 describing myself and what I do as: I'm kind of a curator, and I'm kind of a night-owl reporter.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tom Waits"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-don-t-like-the-word-poetry-and-i-don-t-like-poetry-readings-and-i/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/tom-waits-916_curator_i-don-t-like-the-word-poetry-and-i-don-t_2417641.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/tom-waits-916_curator_i-don-t-like-the-word-poetry-and-i-don-t_2417641.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/tom-waits-916_curator_i-don-t-like-the-word-poetry-and-i-don-t_2417641.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I don't like the word 'poetry,' and I don't like poetry readings, and I usually don't like poets. I would…” — Tom Waits",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 9,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I was a fireman. I lived in the fire sta­tion for about a year. The pay wasn't so good. It was kind of like being in the army, or what I imagine that would be like.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tom Waits"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-was-a-fireman-i-lived-in-the-fire-sta-tion-for-about-a-year-the-pay/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/tom-waits-916_army_i-was-a-fireman-i-lived-in-the-fire-sta_2792882.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/tom-waits-916_army_i-was-a-fireman-i-lived-in-the-fire-sta_2792882.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/tom-waits-916_army_i-was-a-fireman-i-lived-in-the-fire-sta_2792882.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I was a fireman. I lived in the fire sta­tion for about a year. The pay wasn't so good. It was kind of like…” — Tom Waits",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 10,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "It wasn't good for my nerves, that kind of work - a fireman. I've got high blood pressure. I get upset easily. I don't think that was a proper career alternative for me.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tom Waits"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/it-wasn-t-good-for-my-nerves-that-kind-of-work-a-fireman-i-ve-got/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c7/tom-waits-916_blood-pressure_it-wasn-t-good-for-my-nerves-that-kind-o_2652000.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c7/tom-waits-916_blood-pressure_it-wasn-t-good-for-my-nerves-that-kind-o_2652000.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c7/tom-waits-916_blood-pressure_it-wasn-t-good-for-my-nerves-that-kind-o_2652000.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“It wasn't good for my nerves, that kind of work - a fireman. I've got high blood pressure. I get upset…” — Tom Waits",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 11,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I guess I've always lived upside down when I want things I can't have. My wife actually thinks I have a syndrome called Reality Distortion Field. It's kind of like drugs, only you can't come back from it. Reality Distortion is almost a permanent condition. Things come in and they go out: Presto, chango! To a certain extent, I did that with myself. As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool clothes. I wanted to go there. Now, I guess I want to bring that with me and go back in time.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tom Waits"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-guess-i-ve-always-lived-upside-down-when-i-want-things-i-can-t-have-2/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/tom-waits-916_back-in-time_i-guess-i-ve-always-lived-upside-down-wh_2700200.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/tom-waits-916_back-in-time_i-guess-i-ve-always-lived-upside-down-wh_2700200.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/tom-waits-916_back-in-time_i-guess-i-ve-always-lived-upside-down-wh_2700200.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I guess I've always lived upside down when I want things I can't have. My wife actually thinks I have a…” — Tom Waits",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/tom-waits/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/tom-waits/",
            "name": "Kind Quotes by Tom Waits",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/tom-waits/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/tom-waits-916_asleep_not-the-kind-of-wheel-you-fall-asleep-at_3097685.jpg"
            },
            "description": "11 Kind quotes by Tom Waits. Plus more from Tom Waits and more Kind sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/tom-waits/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/tom-waits/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Kind",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Tom Waits",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/tom-waits/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```
