450 Quotes by Tom Waits

God's away, God's away, God's away on business. Business!

It was a hubba, hubba, ding dang, baby you are just everythang.

If you are making a record, you are the one saying 'action', and you are the one saying 'cut,' and you have to be sure that the most interesting thing is not going on outside the frame.

i never told the truth so i can never tell a lie...

You're innocent when you dream.

Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting.

it seems a stray bullet actually pierced the testicle of a Union soldier and lodged itself in the ovaries of a woman standing approximately 100 ft. away. She's alright, the baby's doing fine...ofcourse the soldier's a little pissed off...

The first time I started listening to Irish music, I had a very strong connection. Strangely enough, there's a great many Japanese melodies and vocal styles that sound very much like Hungarian music. You start seeing all these cross-references and comparative, independent musical cultures.

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