Tom Waits
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns. ― Tom Waits
Category: Experimental Rock
Tom Waits
There’s no prayer like desire. — Tom Waits, from “Black Market Baby,” Mule Variations. (1999)
Tom Waits
‘T ain’t no sin to take off your skin, and dance around in your bones. — Tom Waits, from “T’aint No Sin (To Take Off Your Skin and Dance Around in Your Bones),” The Black Rider. Original Release Date: October 25, 1993. Island Records.
Lou Reed
I find it hard to believe you don’t know the beauty you are,But you don’t let me be your eyes. — Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, “I’ll Be Your Mirror,” The Velvet Underground & Nico. (March 12, 1967)
Lou Reed
Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony. ― Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground
I am tired, I am weary. I could sleep for a thousand years, a thousand dreams that would awake me. Different colors made of tears. — The Velvet Underground, from “Venus In Furs,” The Velvet Underground & Nico. Produced by Andy Warhol (Verve, 1967)
Nick Cave
Inspiration is a word used by people who aren’t really doing anything. ― Nick Cave
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