Tom Verlaine Quotes


You have to have that organizational principle behind the song. Tom Verlaine Behind 79
Emily Dickinson has great sound and sense. Tom Verlaine Emily 76
When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone. Tom Verlaine Coltrane 68
The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell. Tom Verlaine First 65
I grew up taking piano lessons and liking Wagner when I was in second grade. Tom Verlaine Grade 47
I never liked mellow sounding guitar. Tom Verlaine Guitar 41
I like thinking of myself as invisible. I find it a very advantageous way to live. Unfortunately, its not the way the music business works. If you don't create some kind of public image, it gets created for you. Tom Verlaine Work 38
All the Frank O'Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going… it's so chatty or something. Tom Verlaine Uncategorized 35
The song Venus de Milo, the whole subject of it is Love is a drug. Tom Verlaine Love 31
I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality. Tom Verlaine Chinese 23

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