Frasi di Tom Waits

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“Mi piacciono le belle melodie che mi dicono cose terribili.”

“Frank governa la musica con Elmore James e Stravinskij alla sua destra.”

“Questa città è piena di pazzi come te e tu stai solo cercando una che prenda il suo posto | e tu sei amareggiata perché lui ti ha lasciata, ecco perché stai bevendo in questo bar, | bene, solo gli idioti si innamorano di perfetti sconosciuti.”

“Oh, se fossi io quello che tu hai scelto per essere il tuo lui.”

“The face forgives the mirror, the worm forgives the plough, the question begs the answer, can you forgive me somehow?”

“Pregnant women and Vietnam vets, beggin on the freeway, bout as hard as it gets.”

“The dog won't bite if you beat Him with a bone”

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

“And someone will head south 'til this whole thing cools off.”

“If there's one thing you can say about mankind, there's nothing kind about man.”

“Well, you know when you're the opening act for large groups? Sometimes you feel like a rectal thermometer, you're going out there taking the temperature of the audience.”

“(When asked for advice for younger musicians) "Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell 'em to do that, they'll find a little pot of gold."”

“What's he building in there? We have a right to know.”

“Come down off the cross, we can use the wood.”

“Some men are searching for the Holy Grail, but there ain't nothing sweeter than riding the rail.”

“And sometime around 2 AM you end up taking advantage of yourself. Ain't no way around that. Making a scene with a magazine.”

“Disneyland is Vegas for children.”

“She's been married so many times she's got rice marks all over her face”

“Our Father, who art in Cribari, hallowed be thy glass. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in the lounges. Give us this day our daily splash, and forgive us our hangovers as we forgive those who continue to hangover against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil…and somebody give us all a ride home.”

“And their mouths are cut like razor blades, and their eyes are like stilettos, and her radiator's steaming and her teeth are in a wreck, she won't let you kiss her, but what in the hell do you expect?”

“If I exorcise my devils, well, my angels may leave too.”

“How do the angels get to sleep / When the Devil leaves his porch light on?”