82 Inspirational Quotes By Tom Waits
Tom Waits is a famous American singer-songwriter and actor who has earned numerous accolades for his work. Here are a few interesting piece of information from the life of this renowned artist.
Before making it big in the music industry Waits did many odd jobs -- bouncer in a club, selling ice cream, working in a pizzeria, and even for the US Coastguard -- to make ends meet.
His wage as a doorman was $8 an hour but when he began singing in the same club he apparently earned only $6 in an hour.
The two time Grammy Award winner is a huge fan of Missy Elliot.
The artist suffered from alcoholism but has been sober for almost two decades now.
Tom likes to maintain a chronicle of interesting facts and trivia. Allegedly his journal consists of information like the fact that a cockroach can survive for two hours after decapitation.
The sound of bacon frying in a pan is music to Waits ear.
Read on to find some of the inspirational quotes by the famous singer-songwriter Tom Waits.
I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.
There ain't no devil, only God when he's drunk.
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.
Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah,I drunk me a river since you tore me apart
Well, it's either kiss me or kill me, that's how I see it.
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink.
It ain't no sin, to take off your skin and dance around in your bones
Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.
You can learn a lot about a woman by getting smashed with her.
A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.
And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming...
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.
Oh, I'm not a percussionist, I just like to hit things.
The earth is not my home, I'm just passing by
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
I hate Disneyland. It primes our kids for Las Vegas.
The piano has been drinking, not me.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
All that you've loved is all you own
The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
And the things you can’t remember tell the things you can’t forget that history puts a saint in every dream.
I've been riding on the crest of a slump lately.
I ain't got no spare/I ain't got no jack/I don't give a shit/I'm not going back
Oh I don't mind going to weddings, just as long as it's not my own...
It's very hard to stop doing things you're used to doing. You almost have to dismantle yourself and scatter it all around and then put a blindfold on and put it back together so that you avoid old habits.
You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?
Time is just memory Mixed in with Desire.
They say that I have no hits and that I'm difficult to work with. And they say that like it's a bad thing.
