I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

Quote by Tom Waits

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

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

The piano has been drinking, not me.

The piano has been drinking, not me.

The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.

The big print giveth and the small print taketh away.

Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.

Don't you know there ain't no devil, it's just god when he's drunk.

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

George Bush is a fan of mine, he came to see me in the Seventies....

George Bush is a fan of mine, he came to see me in the Seventies....

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

It's hard to win when you always lose.

It's hard to win when you always lose.

I'm just trying to make a buck like everyone else.

I'm just trying to make a buck like everyone else.

I admit that I ain't no angel, I admit that I ain't no saint-- I'm...

I admit that I ain't no angel, I admit that I ain't no saint-- I'm...

Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.

Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.

I'm so horny the crack of dawn better watch out.

I'm so horny the crack of dawn better watch out.

The large print giveth, but the small print taketh away.

The large print giveth, but the small print taketh away.

Better off dead than chillin' with the feds.

Better off dead than chillin' with the feds.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. If you think you're alive then...

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. If you think you're alive then...

Sometimes I think I'd be better off dead. No, wait, not me, you.

Sometimes I think I'd be better off dead. No, wait, not me, you.

If you cannot answer a man's argument, all it not lost; you can still call...

If you cannot answer a man's argument, all it not lost; you can still call...

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out,...

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out,...

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Maybe this world is another planet's hell.

Sometimes you're better off dead. There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your...

Sometimes you're better off dead. There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your...