Tom Waits

"Peace is found in acceptance."

"The only constant is change itself."

"Life requires an audience."

"We're all broken in different ways."

"Art is the best medicine."

"You can't rush perfection."

"Everything is a memory."

"I believe in second chances."

"The world is full of untold stories."

"You must embrace the darkness to find the light."

"We're all searching for meaning."

"The world is a hellish place, and bad things happen to good people. You've got to try to live your life in a way that doesn't add to the misery."

"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."

"Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as you sound certain."

"I like to go to the theater, and I like movies. But the difference between them and a pop concert is that pop concerts define the pop universe."

"Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends."

"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then you do it for a few close friends, and eventually you do it for money."

"Hell, I'm 80 years old. I've seen it all, and I've done most of it."

"You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, like you'll not only miss the people in the room, but you'll miss the person you are right now."

"Loyalty is a fine thing, but when it's misdirected, it's a catastrophe."

"Waiting for the world to change you is a dead-end street."

"The heart wants what it wants, or else it does not care."

"You sing a song and that's the story of your life, you know?"

"I always liked weird people. Especially some of the people in show business."

"The fact that I'm still doing music and still have a passion for it is the greatest gift."

"I'm just trying to hold it together until I can't anymore."

"If you're lucky, you find your way out of here alive."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited."

"I think you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't have an uncle who isn't in prison."

"You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese."