“All the Frank O'Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going... it's so chatty or something.” LittlesSeemsStuffSoundTypeFrank Author:Tom Verlaine
“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 don't want any production credit. I think producers are overrated. They're for people who, first of all, don't know anything about music or arranging and have no ear for their own doings. They can't tell a good solo from a bad solo, stuff like that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantFirstsStuffEarsProductionsCreditProducersSoloOverratedDoingsArranging 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
