For a songwriter, you dont really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. Tom Waits More Quotes by Tom Waits More Quotes From Tom Waits We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns. Tom Waits confusedmoneyhappiness Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothing. Tom Waits bad-dayemsyears Once upon a time there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. And they grew next to each other. And every day the straight tree would look at the crooked tree and he would say, "You're crooked. You've always been crooked and you'll continue to be crooked. But look at me! Look at me!" said the straight tree. He said, "I'm tall and I'm straight." And then one day the lumberjacks came into the forest and looked around, and the manager in charge said, "Cut all the straight trees." And that crooked tree is still there to this day, growing strong and growing strange. Tom Waits cuttingstrongtree I started out with nothing and I still got most of it left. Tom Waits whatsappattachmentacceptance A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't. Tom Waits musichumorousfunny The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up! Tom Waits cluetruthtalking The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. Tom Waits qualitysufferingwriting Everything is explained now. We live in an age when you say casually to somebody 'What's the story on that?' and they can run to the computer and tell you within five seconds. That's fine, but sometimes I’d just as soon continue wondering. We have a deficit of wonder right now. Tom Waits agestoriesrunning I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things. Tom Waits terriblemusicbeautiful If you get far enough away you'll be on your way back home. Tom Waits enoughhomeway You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car. Tom Waits cardogmoving I like my music with the rinds and the seeds and pulp left in. Tom Waits pulpseedsleft Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it. Tom Waits longlyingpeople I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes. Tom Waits eyeearssong Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don't get out much. It's true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well. Tom Waits smellfeelingspeople When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure. Tom Waits wanted I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there. Tom Waits always-believeimportantway You cannot really be too concerned with what people think of you. You're on your own adventure of growth and discovery. So it's not always good to be who people think you are, especially if you subscribe to it as well ... which is easily done, because then you don't have to figure out who you are, you just ask somebody else. Tom Waits discoveryadventurethinking Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk. Tom Waits drunkalcoholreligion Sing me a rainbow. Steal me a dream. Tom Waits rainbowstealingdream
