Top 303 Quotes & Sayings by Tom Waits - Page 6

Well it's hotter 'n blazes and all the long faces / there'll be no oasis for a dry local grazier

For a songwriter, you dont really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes.

There's only one reason why you write new songs: You get sick of the old songs. It's not that I didn't do anything during the time when I wrote no songs. I was creative, but in another way. I had ideas for songs and collected the ideas.