“People ask me this a lot, what a song's about.... I do think analyzing a song can be interesting, although it doesn't necessarily get to the point. It's a whole other side activity. I do like making a thing into pictures. If I get an abstract idea and all the words in it don't represent tangible things, I might try to take the idea and make it into a picture, create a little scene there, an image.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingLittlesIdeasWholeMightSongAsksSidesInterestingSceneActivityAsk MeAbstractTangibleAnalyzing Author:Tom Verlaine
“I've seen a lot of people getting into Jazzmasters because of me, and, well, people don't know what they're in for. I mean if you're looking for endless sustain, you're going to have to get it out of your hands (laughs). Because a saxophonist gets it out of his breath. You've got to work for it on the guitar - it means you have to pull it out of yourself, otherwise, what are you doing? You end up playing a lot of noise or scale exercises.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsMeanEndsHandsLaughingExerciseBreathsGuitarScalesEndlessNoiseDoing You Author:Tom Verlaine
“With my records, it's just a matter of trying to create something fresh for myself in a very finite context, which is the pop song. I don't know anything about the people who buy my records, and what, if anything, they get out of them.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingMatterSongRecordsPopsWhat IfFinitePop Song Author:Tom Verlaine
“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!” IfsSoundRecordsPlayerJazzGuitarAwfulHatedOrgansGuitar PlayerSaxophoneTrios Author:Tom Verlaine
“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.” IfsThinkingWayKindBusinessInvisibleMusic BusinessWay To LivePublic Image Author:Tom Verlaine
