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Quote by Tom Waits
As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones

As a kid, I did want to be an old-timer, since they were the ones with the big stories and the cool clothes. I wanted to go there. Now, I guess I want to bring that with me and go back in time. – Tom Waits

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You hope people are going to be listening to you after youre gone. And they like you better after youre gone. – Tom Waits

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But then Im one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music. – Tom Waits

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