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. Tom Verlaine grademakemistake share on social
What's really fun is to write under different names. Tom Verlaine funnamewrite Change image and share on social
I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality. Tom Verlaine chinesedistillpoet Change image and share on social
I just don't like people coming up to me and saying something. It immediately makes you become insincere. There is no way you can react to it sincerely. Tom Verlaine comeimmediatelyinsincere Change image and share on social
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 advantageousbusinesscreate share on social
All the Frank O'Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going... it's so chatty or something. Tom Verlaine chattyfrankhara Change image and share on social
The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell. Tom Verlaine hellincludeknow Change image and share on social
I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would make sure I'd buy one that did not have a guitar player on it. The sound was awful! Tom Verlaine awfulbuyguitar share on social
I never liked mellow sounding guitar. Tom Verlaine guitarmellowsound Change image and share on social
I really don't have that much interest in stardom. Tom Verlaine intereststardom Change image and share on social