Tom Waits

I don't like the word 'poetry,' and I don't like poetry readings, and I usually don't like poets. I would much prefer describing myself and what I do as: I'm kind of a curator, and I'm kind of a night-owl reporter.

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These are some quotes by American author Tom Waits Musician, who was born on December 7, 1949.

Quotes by Tom Waits

My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.

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I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

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I'm so horny the crack of dawn better watch out.

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