The folks who know the truth aren't talking… The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up! — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I know a girl, she been married so many times, she got rice marks all over her face — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
There's a lot of intelligence in the hands.When you pick up a shovel, the hands know what to do. The same thing's… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
That for me is more important than anything when you're in the studio - to have somebody you can trust and who… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
They have removed the struggle to find anything. And therefore there is no genuine sense of discovery. Struggle is the first thing… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I'm interested in things when I don't know what they are. Like "Hey, Ray, what the hell is this?" Oh, that's lipstick… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
You know, we just buy music now. We don't make it any more. And that goes for just about everything. I think… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Your hands are like dogs, going to the same places they've been. You have to be careful when playing is no longer… — 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
