For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Leona Helmsley's dog made $12 million last year... and Dean McLaine, a farmer in Ohio, made $30,000. It's just a gigantic version… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Now its raining its pouring the old man is snoring now I lay me down to sleep I hear the sirens in… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
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.… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I’ve never met anyone who made it with a chick because they owned a Tom Waits album. I’ve got all three, and… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I look for things that are left of center, something you've only seen your whole life, but never heard. Hit it! With… — 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
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
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
