It's like first grade where you make all your mistakes and people see it and yet some people see that there's something there that's really valuable. That's the way it went for more than 2 years almost 3 years of playing.
I have a real soft spot for flying saucer songs and Frenkenstein songs. When I was a kid the first record I ever really liked was called "The Mummy",… - Tom Verlaine
I have a real soft spot for flying saucer songs and Frenkenstein songs. When I was a kid the first record I ever really liked was called "The Mummy",…
- Tom Verlaine
Boogie! I hate boogie, God, I mean, not the Chicago boogie like Willie Dixon or Howlin' Wolf, but all those awful white bands. - Tom Verlaine
Boogie! I hate boogie, God, I mean, not the Chicago boogie like Willie Dixon or Howlin' Wolf, but all those awful white bands.
I recently realized that Television has influenced a lot of English bands. Echo and the Bunnymen, U2, Teardrop Explodes - it's obvious what they've l… - Tom Verlaine
I recently realized that Television has influenced a lot of English bands. Echo and the Bunnymen, U2, Teardrop Explodes - it's obvious what they've l…
Everybody's out trying to be commercial. I'm not trying to be anything, really. - Tom Verlaine
Everybody's out trying to be commercial. I'm not trying to be anything, really.
The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell. - Tom Verlaine
The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell.
I like thinking of myself as invisible. I find it a very advantageous way to live. - Tom Verlaine
I like thinking of myself as invisible. I find it a very advantageous way to live.
Practice? I never practice. I just write songs and take solos. - Tom Verlaine
Practice? I never practice. I just write songs and take solos.
When I think of 'influence', I think of 'influenza', like somebody's picked up a germ. - Tom Verlaine
When I think of 'influence', I think of 'influenza', like somebody's picked up a germ.
In Old English they don't say I had a dream, but there's another usage of the word - "life is but a dream," to be corny about it. It's implied with e… - Tom Verlaine
In Old English they don't say I had a dream, but there's another usage of the word - "life is but a dream," to be corny about it. It's implied with e…
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