450 Quotes by Tom Waits

The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!

I just don't like the word 'fun'--it's like Volkswagen, or bell-bottoms, or patchouli-oil or bean-sprouts...it rubs me up the wrong way.

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 bark my voice out through a closed throat, pretty much. It's more, perhaps, like a dog in some ways. It does have its limitations, but I'm learning different ways to keep it alive.

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.

I'm usually more concerned with how things sound than how they look on the page.

Your old home town's so far away, but inside your head there's a record that's playing, a song called 'Hold On

The way you do anything is the way you do everything.

You know when you throw a party, you think people will show up and no one will like each other. It's like that with music - parts of your musical psyche have never met other parts. You wonder if you should get them together.