--- title: "15 Knows Quotes By Tom Waits" description: "15 Knows quotes by Tom Waits. Plus more from Tom Waits and more Knows 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) > [I'm reliable sources, I'll tell ya anything you want me to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-m-reliable-sources-i-ll-tell-ya-anything-you-want-me-to-know/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/tom-waits-916_knows_i-m-reliable-sources-i-ll-tell-ya-anythi_1811034.jpg) > [You've gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/you-ve-gotta-have-somebody-to-trust-that-knows-a-lot/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/tom-waits-916_knows_you-ve-gotta-have-somebody-to-trust-that_1682530.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/tom-waits-916_bible_the-devil-knows-the-bible-like-the-back_91592.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/there-s-a-lot-of-intelligence-in-the-hands-when-you-pick-up-a-shovel/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e98/tom-waits-916_hands_there-s-a-lot-of-intelligence-in-the-han_2277145.jpg) > [I know a girl, she been married so many times, she got rice marks all over her face](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-know-a-girl-she-been-married-so-many-times-she-got-rice-marks-all/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/tom-waits-916_faces_i-know-a-girl-she-been-married-so-many-t_2386381.jpg) > [The folks who know the truth aren't talking… The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/the-folks-who-know-the-truth-aren-t-talking-the-ones-who-don-t-have-a/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/tom-waits-916_clue_the-folks-who-know-the-truth-aren-t-talk_703052.jpg) > [You know, we just buy music now. We don't make it any more. And that goes for just about everything. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/you-know-we-just-buy-music-now-we-don-t-make-it-any-more-and-that/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/tom-waits-916_ability_you-know-we-just-buy-music-now-we-don-t_2987583.jpg) > [Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/don-t-plant-your-bad-days-they-grow-into-weeks-the-weeks-grow-into/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/tom-waits-916_bad-day_don-t-plant-your-bad-days-they-grow-into_198068.jpg) > [The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/the-fact-is-most-of-the-things-that-people-know-about-me-are-made-up/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/tom-waits-916_backstage_the-fact-is-most-of-the-things-that-peop_2701767.jpg) > [That for me is more important than anything when you're in the studio - to have somebody you can trust and who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/that-for-me-is-more-important-than-anything-when-you-re-in-the-studio/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/tom-waits-916_get-away_that-for-me-is-more-important-than-anyth_2618428.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-m-interested-in-things-when-i-don-t-know-what-they-are-like-hey-ray/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/tom-waits-916_century_i-m-interested-in-things-when-i-don-t-kn_3149013.jpg) > [Living with kids is like living with a bunch of drunks. You know you really have to be on your toes all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/living-with-kids-is-like-living-with-a-bunch-of-drunks-you-know-you/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/tom-waits-916_art_living-with-kids-is-like-living-with-a-b_1546206.jpg) > [They have removed the struggle to find anything. And therefore there is no genuine sense of discovery. Struggle is the first thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/they-have-removed-the-struggle-to-find-anything-and-therefore-there/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/tom-waits-916_birth_they-have-removed-the-struggle-to-find-a_759415.jpg) > [Your hands are like dogs, going to the same places they've been. You have to be careful when playing is no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/your-hands-are-like-dogs-going-to-the-same-places-they-ve-been-you/) [Tom Waits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-waits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/tom-waits-916_absolutely-nothing_your-hands-are-like-dogs-going-to-the-sa_2878447.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/knows/tom-waits/#itemlist", "name": "15 Knows Quotes By Tom Waits", "numberOfItems": 15, "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": "I'm reliable sources, I'll tell ya anything you want me to know.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Waits" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-m-reliable-sources-i-ll-tell-ya-anything-you-want-me-to-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/tom-waits-916_knows_i-m-reliable-sources-i-ll-tell-ya-anythi_1811034.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/tom-waits-916_knows_i-m-reliable-sources-i-ll-tell-ya-anythi_1811034.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/tom-waits-916_knows_i-m-reliable-sources-i-ll-tell-ya-anythi_1811034.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm reliable sources, I'll tell ya anything you want me to know.” — Tom Waits", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You've gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Waits" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/you-ve-gotta-have-somebody-to-trust-that-knows-a-lot/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/tom-waits-916_knows_you-ve-gotta-have-somebody-to-trust-that_1682530.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/tom-waits-916_knows_you-ve-gotta-have-somebody-to-trust-that_1682530.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/tom-waits-916_knows_you-ve-gotta-have-somebody-to-trust-that_1682530.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You've gotta have somebody to trust, that knows a lot.” — Tom Waits", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Waits" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/the-devil-knows-the-bible-like-the-back-of-his-hand/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/tom-waits-916_bible_the-devil-knows-the-bible-like-the-back_91592.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/tom-waits-916_bible_the-devil-knows-the-bible-like-the-back_91592.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/tom-waits-916_bible_the-devil-knows-the-bible-like-the-back_91592.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.” — Tom Waits", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a lot of intelligence in the hands.When you pick up a shovel, the hands know what to do. 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Choke 'em down to nothing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Waits" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/don-t-plant-your-bad-days-they-grow-into-weeks-the-weeks-grow-into/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/tom-waits-916_bad-day_don-t-plant-your-bad-days-they-grow-into_198068.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/tom-waits-916_bad-day_don-t-plant-your-bad-days-they-grow-into_198068.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/tom-waits-916_bad-day_don-t-plant-your-bad-days-they-grow-into_198068.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. 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