“Sorry about your bad luck.”
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”
“Devils and whores. It is bad luck to talk of such things without a drink in your hand.”
“Sometimes before your luck can be good,someone else's has to be bad”
“I guess you are all right. That was bad luck all right. Plenty bad luck.”
“Never have your wallet with you onstage. It's bad luck. You shouldn't play the piano with money in your pocket. Play like you need the money.Tom Waits (to me, about 1986 or so)”