“You need to give money when someone gives you a knife. So the bad luck won't cut you. I wouldn't like it for you to be cut by the bad luck, Jimmy.”
“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)”
“I guess you are all right. That was bad luck all right. Plenty bad luck.”
“I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.”
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”
“You can be happy for someone else's good fortune but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck.”