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Tom Waits Quotes

American - Musician | December 7, 1949 -

When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.

I Am Now Sure Older Younger Quite

The sight of the first woman in the minimal two-piece was as explosive as the detonation of the atomic bomb by the U.S. at Bikini Island in the Marshall Isles, hence the naming of the bikini.

Woman Island Atomic Bomb Sight First

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.

Writing Birds End You Sometimes Up

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.

Men Looking You Go Know Old

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 them apart and see what they're made of, and wonder if you can make one, too.

School Listening Learn You Wonder

I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I'm a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.

Great Appreciation Think Jazz Always

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.

Live Poverty You Create Want Way

Some day I'm gonna be gone and people will be listening to my songs and conjuring me up. In order for that to happen, you gotta put something of yourself in it.

Day Yourself People Me Listening Up

Sometimes words are just music themselves. Like 'Chicago' is a very musical sounding name.

Music Words Name Sometimes Chicago

I always liked the idea that America is a big facade. We are all insects crawling across on the shiny hood of a Cadillac. We're all looking at the wrapping. But we won't tear the wrapping to see what lies beneath.

Looking America Hood Always See Big

I'm so horny the crack of dawn better watch out.

Dawn Better Out Watch Crack Horny

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

Me Free Bottle Rather Than Front

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