“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
“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
“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
“The song Venus de Milo, the whole subject of it is Love is a drug.” WholeSongLove IsSubjectsDrugVenusVenus De Milo Author:Tom Verlaine
