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Tom Verlaine quotes: I'm not even sure who my audience is.

I'm not even sure who my audience is.

Tom Verlaine quotes: I don't see us as a big media gimmick band. We don't have a cultivated appearance or anything like Kiss.

I don't see us as a big media gimmick band. We don't have a cultivated appearance or anything like Kiss.

Tom Verlaine quotes: The Beat thing happened when I was younger. I used to run away from home, inspired by the Beats, like in '64 and '65.

The Beat thing happened when I was younger. I used to run away from home, inspired by the Beats, like in '64 and '65.

Tom Verlaine quotes: When I think of 'influence', I think of 'influenza', like somebody's picked up a germ.

When I think of 'influence', I think of 'influenza', like somebody's picked up a germ.

Tom Verlaine quotes: Places like Belgium and the south of France, Sweden and Copenhagen are really alive. They really love rock 'n' roll, they really respond.

Places like Belgium and the south of France, Sweden and Copenhagen are really alive. They really love rock 'n' roll, they really respond.

Tom Verlaine quotes: I really don't have that much interest in stardom.

I really don't have that much interest in stardom.

Tom Verlaine quotes: You know, there is something I'm looking for when I'm writing. But I couldn't tell you what that is.

You know, there is something I'm looking for when I'm writing. But I couldn't tell you what that is.

Tom Verlaine quotes: Emily Dickinson has great sound and sense.

Emily Dickinson has great sound and sense.

Tom Verlaine quotes: I told somebody in Europe I was 43. I never tell my true age. It's ridiculous that people ask. The press doesn't deserve anything but lies.

I told somebody in Europe I was 43. I never tell my true age. It's ridiculous that people ask. The press doesn't deserve anything but lies.

Tom Verlaine quotes: When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone.

When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone.

Tom Verlaine quotes: Boogie! I hate boogie, God, I mean, not the Chicago boogie like Willie Dixon or Howlin' Wolf, but all those awful white bands ...

Boogie! I hate boogie, God, I mean, not the Chicago boogie like Willie Dixon or Howlin' Wolf, but all those awful white bands ...

Tom Verlaine quotes: I don't think anybody thinks about their past much, unless they're in a mental institution.

I don't think anybody thinks about their past much, unless they're in a mental institution.

Tom Verlaine quotes: You can't get so interested in just making sounds. The point of it all is some kind of expression.

You can't get so interested in just making sounds. The point of it all is some kind of expression.

Tom Verlaine quotes: I've got a quote for you, a good quote to describe Television ... In madness there is order.

I've got a quote for you, a good quote to describe Television ... In madness there is order.

Tom Verlaine quotes: I never liked mellow sounding guitar.

I never liked mellow sounding guitar.

Tom Verlaine quotes: Your wine is just sour grapesPour me a glass anytime I'm not there

Your wine is just sour grapes
Pour me a glass anytime I'm not there

Tom Verlaine quotes: I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality.

I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality.

Tom Verlaine quotes: You have to have that organizational principle behind the song.

You have to have that organizational principle behind the song.

Tom Verlaine quotes: All the Frank O'Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going ... it's so chatty or something.

All the Frank O'Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going ... it's so chatty or something.

Tom Verlaine quotes: I grew up taking piano lessons and liking Wagner when I was in second grade.

I grew up taking piano lessons and liking Wagner when I was in second grade.

Tom Verlaine quotes: Practice? I never practice. I just write songs and take solos.

Practice? I never practice. I just write songs and take solos.

Tom Verlaine quotes: I don't think Marquee Moon was so good, y'know? Just another record. First records everybody likes a lot.

I don't think Marquee Moon was so good, y'know? Just another record. First records everybody likes a lot.

Tom Verlaine quotes: The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell.

The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell.

Tom Verlaine quotes: Everybody's out trying to be commercial. I'm not trying to be anything, really.

Everybody's out trying to be commercial. I'm not trying to be anything, really.

Tom Verlaine quotes: I'm not a clown but I'm not an academic either.

I'm not a clown but I'm not an academic either.

Tom Verlaine quotes: What's really fun is to write under different names.

What's really fun is to write under different names.

Tom Verlaine quotes: The song Venus de Milo, the whole subject of it is Love is a drug.

The song Venus de Milo, the whole subject of it is Love is a drug.