Style to me is incidental. The British are very adept at creating it for its own sake, but the best style is incidental. John Coltrane had a style but it was totally incidental to what he was.
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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