“This
is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some little bad
days, and I kept them in a little box. And one day, I threw them out
into the yard. "Oh, it's just a couple little innocent bad days." Well,
we had a big rain. I don't know what it was growing in but I think we
used to put eggshells out there and coffee grounds, too. Don't plant
your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before
you know it you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me. Choke those
little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothin'. They're your days. Choke
'em!”
- Tom Waits
