“I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.” Patience with others. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.”

Following orders. "Tom Waits: A Raspy Voice Heads To The Hall Of Fame".

Others will drive on the road he built.Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.I like Thelonious Monk, he’s so gnarled, he’s like a piece of machinery that’s pulled up the bolts on the floor and gone off on its own.The folks who know the truth aren’t talking…. Occupation Singer, songwriter, musician.

“I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink.” I want to keep it all, and sometimes by the time you get to the studio you have nothing.Thomas Alan Waits is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. See more ideas about Tom waits lyrics, Toms, Tom waits quotes. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. The piano has been drinking, not me. Jun 11, 2018 - Explore Marcos Dominguez's board "Tom Waits Lyrics, Poems & Quotes" on Pinterest.

Telling you their life. Now, I guess I want to bring that with me and go back in time.'

He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.Waits' lyrics frequently present atmospheric portraits of grotesque, often seedy characters and places, although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. “A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.” “Well, it’s either kiss me or kill me, that’s how I see it.” ― Tom Waits “They were kissing. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding as though "it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car".

“I don't go to church on Sunday, don't get on my knees to pray, or memorize the books of the Bible, I got my own special way”

Song: The One that Got Away, Album: Small Change

Remembering things correctly.

“Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don't get out much. Tom Waits is an American singer, songwriter and musician. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Well, we had a big rain.

Interview with J. T. LeRoy, July 2001. It’s like carrying water in your hands. It's bad luck. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn’t deserve that, either. Interview With Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com.

Acceptance, Attachment, … Born December 7, 1949, Pomona, California, U.S.

If I exorcise my devils, well, my angels may leave too.

“the earth is not my home, I'm just passing by”

Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding like "it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."

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Welcome back. Play like you need the money. When I was younger, I wanted to be older. May 20, 2008.

His songs are best-known through cover versions by more commercial artists: "Jersey Girl" performed by Bruce Springsteen, "Ol' '55" by the Eagles, and "Downtown Train" by Rod Stewart. “We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.

… they asked me the other day. "'It's perfect madness'" by Tom Waits, www.theguardian.com. I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them in a little box. Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor.

Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor.Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding as though "it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car".

And they say that like it’s a bad thing.Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. Tom Waits.

"Tom Waits: 'I look like hell but I'm going to see where it gets me'". “I’ve always been a word guy, I like weird words and I like American slang and all that and words that are no longer being used… I like to drag them out of the box and wave them around… this is an interesting one, it’s amazing how in addition to punctuation just a little pause in the wrong place can just completely transform the meaning of something.” ” "Strange Innocence".

March 20, 2005. “I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket.

Choke those little bad days.