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title: "12 Wells Quotes By Tom Waits"
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> [Well it's hotter 'n blazes and all the long faces / there'll be no oasis for a dry local grazier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/well-it-s-hotter-n-blazes-and-all-the-long-faces-there-ll-be-no-oasis/)

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

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> [Well, it's either kiss me or kill me, that's how I see it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/well-it-s-either-kiss-me-or-kill-me-that-s-how-i-see-it/)

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

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> [Well you say that it's gospel, But I know that it's only church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/well-you-say-that-it-s-gospel-but-i-know-that-it-s-only-church/)

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

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> [Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah,I drunk me a river since you tore me apart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/well-i-got-a-bad-liver-and-broken-heart-yeah-i-drunk-me-a-river-since/)

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

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> [Well, they'll bark you down like carneys, sell you Christmas cards in June.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/well-they-ll-bark-you-down-like-carneys-sell-you-christmas-cards-in/)

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

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> [Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don't get out much. It's true. Most of them are either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/most-of-the-people-i-admire-they-usually-smell-funny-and-don-t-get/)

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

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> [I admit that I ain't no angel, I admit that I ain't no saint-- I'm selfish and I'm cruel and I'm blind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-admit-that-i-ain-t-no-angel-i-admit-that-i-ain-t-no-saint-i-m/)

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

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> [You cannot really be too concerned with what people think of you. You're on your own adventure of growth and discovery. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/you-cannot-really-be-too-concerned-with-what-people-think-of-you-you/)

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

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> [I've never been a fan of personality-conflict burgers and identity-crisis omelets with patchouli oil. I function very well on a diet that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/i-ve-never-been-a-fan-of-personality-conflict-burgers-and-identity/)

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

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> [Well you wave your hand and they scatter like crows They have nothing that will ever capture your heart They're just thorns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/well-you-wave-your-hand-and-they-scatter-like-crows-they-have-nothing/)

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

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> [If you can make a little painting for the ears with a few words, well, I like words; I like cutting them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/if-you-can-make-a-little-painting-for-the-ears-with-a-few-words-well/)

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

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> [This is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-waits/this-is-about-all-the-bad-days-in-the-world-i-used-to-have-some/)

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

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## Other authors on Wells

## 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/)

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