Tom Waits

“A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.”

“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”

“Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you're dead.”

“I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.”

“I'm so broke, I can't even pay attention.”

“Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.”

“The piano has been drinking, not me.”

“You got to get behind the mule in the morning and plow.”

“The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.”

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

“If you get far enough away you'll be on your way back home.”

“I've been riding on the ghost of a kiss.”

“I want my kids to have a good sense of humor. And I want them to be honest, but not too honest. I want them to be independent, but not so independent that they don't need me.”

“Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.”

“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.”

“I don't have a drinking problem 'cept when I can't get a drink.”

“Reality is for people who can't face drugs.”

“It's the same with men as with horses and dogs, nothing wants to die.”

“The blues is like a planet. It's an enormous topic. You can't ignore the blues.”