Songs really are like a form of time travel because they really have moved forward in a bubble. Everyone who's connected with it, the studio's gone, the musicians are gone, and the only thing that's left is this recording which was only about a three-minute period maybe 70 years ago.
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TOM WAITS Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie,... TOM WAITS My kids are starting to notice I'm a little different from the other dads. "Why don't you have a str... TOM WAITS I don't know if any genuine, meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of l... TOM WAITS George Burns was a Vaudeville performer I particularly loved. TOM WAITS My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult. TOM WAITS But then I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for... TOM WAITS Somebody said I sound like an old lady, and I was really insulted by that. I'm trying to sound l... TOM WAITS I admit that I ain't no angel, I admit that I ain't no saint-- I'm selfish and I'm cruel and I'm bli... TOM WAITS I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversa... TOM WAITS If you're a writer, you know that the stories don't come to you - you have to go looking for... TOM WAITS If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it's good. I'm not Chuck... TOM WAITS Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certa... TOM WAITS Apparently the highest compliment our culture grants artists nowadays is to be in an ad — ideally ... TOM WAITS Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can'... TOM WAITS and I have lawyers over there investigating my options. TOM WAITS It's hard to win when you always lose. TOM WAITS Easy Rider. TOM WAITS had no interest in being associated with any advertisement campaigns whatsoever. TOM WAITS Well, it's either kiss me or kill me, that's how I see it. TOM WAITS Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah,I drunk me a river since you tore me apart TOM WAITS I'm so horny the crack of dawn better watch out. TOM WAITS I'm just trying to make a buck like everyone else. TOM WAITS Apparently the highest compliment our culture grants artists nowadays is to be in an ad ideally n... TOM WAITS Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can... TOM WAITS What you want is for music to love you back. That's why you pay your dues. You want to feel like... TOM WAITS The big print giveth and the small print taketh away. TOM WAITS Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and... TOM WAITS I don't have a drinking problem 'Cept when I can't get a drink. 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GREG WAITS Shutting them out on the first quarter was big. That set the tone for the rest of the game. GREG WAITS They're a very big team. It's a good, solid team and we've got our work cut out for us. We're lookin... GREG WAITS Nothing we can do will surprise them. There's nothing they can do that will surprise us. Lancaster h... GREG WAITS Clark is shooting the ball extremely well the last couple of weeks. With him doing that, it'll draw ... GREG WAITS No, I don't think we're playing extremely well. But we always want to be playing our best basketball... GREG WAITS Central is extremely athletic and can beat anybody any night. All we want to do is improve in everyt... GREG WAITS If some of those easy ones go in early, it could have been a different game. But the bottom line is ... GREG WAITS This was like a championship atmosphere. This place was packed on a Tuesday night, we never see that... GREG WAITS Both destiny and free will exist simultaneously. 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When I shoot, everybod... TOM CRUISE When I'm promoting a film, I'm not going to get caught up in anything else, and that include... TOM CRUISE Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right t... TOM CRUISE I like to work with people that I like hanging out with, that I admire, that are really smart and ta... TOM CRUISE If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian ... TOM CRUISE Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people. TOM CRUISE What I find sometimes that is tricky is if actors are using too much of their own life in a picture,... TOM CRUISE I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband. TOM CRUISE As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I... TOM CRUISE The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell yo... 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TOM STOPPARD Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe. TOM STOPPARD All your life, you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye. An... TOM STOPPARD Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. TOM STOPPARD The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with t... TOM STOPPARD For me, human rights simply endorse a view of life and a set of moral values that are perfectly clea... TOM STOPPARD Every exit is an entry somewhere else. TOM STOPPARD Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork. TOM CONTI I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quart... TOM CRUISE Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibil... TOM BRADY Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all... TOM BRADY Every man should know, if you're comfortable and you like it, you should do it. Everyone always ... TOM BRADY The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player. TOM BRADY I'm never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast. TOM BRADY So many guys are so conservative with their hair, and I always joke with all my buddies when they me... TOM BRADY If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful. TOM BRADY My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe t... TOM BRADY There's not much time to unwind, but you know what, it's because I love what I do. I look fo... TOM BRADY I think the great part about what I do is that there's a scoreboard. At the end of every week, y... TOM BRADY I don't think any country is perfect. It's our responsibility to do the best we can do to ch... TOM BRADY You have to believe in your process. You have to believe in the things that you are doing to help th... TOM BRADY The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win. TOM BRADY When you're one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off. TOM BRADY I was the kid that was the 199th pick that never had the body for it. People didn't think I'... TOM BRADY Geometric shapes hold an energy pattern, and scientists did some experiments which say certain geome... TOM DELONGE I just love working hard. I love being part of a team; I love working toward a common goal. TOM BRADY What the United States needs to do at this point is reaffirm our commitment that Assad must go and t... TOM COTTON So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlis... TOM LANTOS I think these movies are definitely comedies. It's quite difficult to take a superhero movie ser... 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I have to stop myself buying more. TOM JONES We are set to make very bad history. TOM WILSON These days an income is something you can't live without - or within. TOM WILSON If I had a nickel for every time I said 'Why me?' I'd have probably said 'Why me?... TOM WILSON What this country needs is a credit card for charging things to experience. TOM WILSON The waist is a terrible thing to mind. TOM WILSON Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. TOM WILSON If you spend all of your time racing ahead to the future, you're liable to discover you've l... TOM WILSON Many of us are more capable than some of us... but none of us is as capable as all of us! TOM WILSON Happiness doesn't depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have. TOM WILSON There's no future in spending our present worrying about our past. TOM WILSON Nobody got where they are today by living for tomorrow. TOM WILSON About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation. TOM WILSON If I ever had an out-of-body experience - I'd try to come back to a different one. TOM WILSON I wouldn't mind the rat race - if the rats would lose once in a while. TOM WILSON Mondays are the potholes in the road of life. TOM WILSON A smile is a facelift that's in everyone's price range! TOM WILSON Love is the ultimate expression of the will to live. TOM WOLFE It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting. TOM STOPPARD Miami is a melting pot in which none of the stones melt. They rattle around. TOM WOLFE Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of disease... TOM ALLEN Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards,... TOM HANKS Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. B... TOM STOPPARD Everybody who is anyone wanted to meet a real life gangster, and here's Joey Gallo hitting the s... TOM FOLSOM The secret to winning is constant, consistent management. TOM LANDRY From as long as, literally as far back as I can remember I've liked puns, word jokes, I can lite... TOM STOPPARD No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned w... TOM WATSON Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what i... TOM WATSON Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick invo... TOM PETTY I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term w... TOM STOPPARD Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you. TOM LEHRER I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism. 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