Tom Waits Quotes About Cars

Quotes about: Cars

• Never trust a man in a blue trench coat, never drive a car when you're dead

  Tom Waits

  Men, Blue, Car

  Song: Telephone Call from Istanbul, Album: Franks Wild Years

• You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car.

  Tom Waits

  Dog, Moving, Car

• If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal. The drama around even sitting in the car and singing into a tape recorder that's as big as your hand - waiting until it's very quiet, doing your thing, and then playing it back and hoping you like it - is the same basic anatomy as when you're in the recording studio, really. Sometimes it's better that way because some of the pressure is off and you can pretend it's throwaway.

  Tom Waits

  Drama, Believe, Hands

  Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. October 18, 2011.

• I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.

  Tom Waits

  Pride, Keys, Car

  Song: The One that Got Away, Album: Small Change

• 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

  Player, Hands, Cds

  Interview with The Onion A.V. Club, www.avclub.com. May 29, 2002.

• Chevrolet was puzzled when they discovered that their sales for the Chevy Nova were off the charts everywhere but in Latin America. They finally realized that "Nova" in Spanish translates to "no go." Not the best name for a car... anywhere "no va."

  Tom Waits

  Latin, Names, America

  "Tom Waits Spills the Beans to Tom Waits". Interview with Joan Anderman, www.boston.com. May 22, 2008.

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