Tom Waits

"The beauty of getting older is not in the years, but in what you've learned."

"I believe dreams are symbols, they're a way of communicating with ourselves."

"You just keep pushing. It's not about how hard you hit, it's how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the more I examine it, the more I believe people are better than we think."

"Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw."

"Nobody wants to admit they eat, but everybody does."

"Songs are like stories that remind you of something you forgot you knew."

"The most important thing is the mission, not the man."

"I like to see the light come out of people's eyes when they realize they're worth something."

"Time is a funny thing. You can't hold it in your hand."

"The key to a great song is repetition with variation."

"You don't need a reason to help people."

"The world will break your heart ten ways to Sunday, but that's ok, keep living anyway."

"I think most people are essentially good, they just get confused sometimes."

"Real strength comes from not being afraid to be vulnerable."

"The beauty of nature is that it doesn't care what you think of it."

"I believe in the power of walking, thinking, and reorienting yourself."

"Sometimes you don't know what you're looking for until you find it."

"The past is a good place to visit, but not a good place to stay."

"What I like is when I hear something genuine, something real, something that moves you."

"The more you know, the sadder you get."

"All of us have wonders inside us, it's just a matter of waking them up."

"I think the most romantic thing you can do is work."

"The future is just the past entered through another gate."

"I've been down so long, it looks like up to me."

"There's a lot of intelligence in the marketplace, but there's also a lot of stupidity."

"The best writing comes from a place of genuine emotion."

"You can't force people to understand you, you can only live in a way that makes them curious."

"I think anybody who falls in love is searching for the dream in another person."