The world is a hellish place, and bad...... Quote by "Tom Waits"

The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.
— Tom Waits

Other Quotes by "Tom Waits"

I guess I've always lived upside down when I want things I can't have.
— Tom Waits

Tags: things, want, down, upside-down, always

For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take them apart and see what they're made of, and wonder if you can make one, too.
— Tom Waits

Tags: understand, go, school, you

You know what I really love? The CD players in a car. How when you put the CD right up by the slot, it actually takes it out of your hand, like it's hungry. It pulls it in, and you feel like it wants more silver discs.
— Tom Waits

Tags: feel, car, you, love

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can't remember Tell the things you can't forget that History puts a saint in every dream.
— Tom Waits

Tags: remember, memory, you, history

I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.
— Tom Waits

Tags: just, think, weather, song