“There were a lot of things I listened to, but so-called pop music never killed me, you know, the type of stuff that always seems to make it on the radio. The whole radio thing seems so... it's like they've accepted the whole "new wave" thing only because this kind of pop element came into it. In Europe they really love emotion, but here it's like, "let's stay away from it because we might cry or something".” KnowsKindWholeSeemsMightStuffEmotionCryTypeElementsEuropeWaveRadioPopsAcceptedPop MusicLove Emotion 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
“You can't get so interested in just making sounds. The point of it all is some kind of expression.” KindSoundExpression Author:Tom Verlaine
“I write a lot of more instrumental music than I do vocal music. It's because I come out of a background of playing piano and then playing sax for a number of years. I kind of got into rock backwards. A lot of guys go into rock and then get sick of it and then go into something else. I came the other way, so I've always just had a lot more stuff lying around.” WayWritingYearsKindLyingGuyStuffNumbersRocksSickBackgroundsPianoBackwardsVocalPlaying PianoInstrumental MusicVocal Music 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
