“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", and the flip-side was called "The Beat Generation" which Richard Hell later re-wrote as "The Blank Generation". I thought it was the greatest thing I had ever heard. I didn't like Elvis much then, but I was very young. When I was a kid I used to play that monster all the time!” FirstsRealPlayKidsYoungUsedSongSidesHellRecordsGenerationsHeardBeatsMonstersFlyingSpotsBlankFlipMummyFlying SaucersBeat Generation Author:Tom Verlaine
“I'm kind of proud of that little record! I mean I've heard about a million other records that have come out since then by all these groups around here and there and I really like 'Little Johnny Jewel'.” KindMeanLittlesMillionsRecordsHeardGroupsProudJewelsHere And There Author:Tom Verlaine
“I always like junkyards. All this metal piled up - they're filled with pathos, those places. Much more pathos than most of the music I've heard. You look at it, and there's more feeling, even though it's depressing, than there is in a lot of music I hear these days. A junkyard is what it is, whereas listening to a record by, say, Styx, is something else.” LooksFeelingsRecordsHeardListeningFilledThese DaysMetalsDepressingPathosStyxJunkyard Author:Tom Verlaine
“The whole reputation of being a rock guitar player, I could really care less about it. Still, when I hear new groups today I do occasionally hear something where I think... ahh, I've heard that lick before.” ThinkingStillsWholeCareTodayPlayerHeardGroupsRocksGuitarReputationGuitar Player Author:Tom Verlaine
