Tom Waits ,quotes

I don't know if any genuine, m...

I don't know if any genuine, meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a gorilla.

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Oh, I got a beautiful 1959 Cad...

Oh, I got a beautiful 1959 Cadillac Coupe DeVille four-door. No one will ride in it with me.

Tom Waits 03.03.2018 03:03:03 273 quotes

My first big gig was an openin...

My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.

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I used to imagine that making ...

I used to imagine that making it in music - really making it in music - is if you're an old man going by a schoolyard and you hear children singing your songs, playing jump-rope, or on the swings. That's the ultimate. You're in the culture.

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Any image I have, it's just wh...

Any image I have, it's just what I do, but it comes off as being very pretentious. When you're a bit in the public astigmatism, anything you do seems like you did it so somebody would see you do it, like showing up at the right parties.

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If you're a writer, you know t...

If you're a writer, you know that the stories don't come to you - you have to go looking for them. The old men in the lobby: that's where the stories were.

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What you want is for music to ...

What you want is for music to love you back. That's why you pay your dues. You want to feel like you belong and are part of this symbiosis, metamorphosis, whatever you want to call it.

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I have an audio stigmatism whe...

I have an audio stigmatism whereby I hear things wrong - I have audio illusions.

Tom Waits 03.03.2018 03:03:03 273 quotes

When you're a kid and you're t...

When you're a kid and you're trying to find your own voice, it's rather daunting to hear somebody like Howlin' Wolf, because you know that you'll never achieve that.

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You almost have to create situ...

You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't want to live any other way.

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I don't really like listening ...

I don't really like listening to the radio so much.

Tom Waits 03.03.2018 03:03:03 273 quotes

I knelt at the altar of Ray Ch...

I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox.

Tom Waits 03.03.2018 03:03:03 273 quotes

You hope people are going to b...

You hope people are going to be listening to you after you're gone. And they like you better after you're gone.

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I didn't really want to be par...

I didn't really want to be part of a clique or a niche. But I also was looking for my own voice, as a writer, y'know? And a world I could call my own.

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If you are recording, you are ...

If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal.

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I've never met anyone who made...

I've never met anyone who made it with a chick because they owned a Tom Waits album. I've got all three, and it's never helped me.

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Popular music is like a big pa...

Popular music is like a big party, and it's a thrill sneaking in rather than being invited. Every once in a while, a guy with his shirt on inside out, wearing lipstick and a pillbox hat gets a chance to speak.

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I've always believed that the ...

I've always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.

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Most of the things you absorb ...

Most of the things you absorb you will ultimately secrete.

Tom Waits 03.03.2018 03:03:03 273 quotes

Champagne for my real friends ...

Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.

Tom Waits 03.03.2018 03:03:03 273 quotes

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