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> [The Beat thing happened when I was younger. I used to run away from home, inspired by the Beats, like in '64 and '65.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/the-beat-thing-happened-when-i-was-younger-i-used-to-run-away-from/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

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## More by Tom Verlaine

> [My non-career. My excuse for a career? Honestly, I never think about the word 'career.' I've had managers, the minute they say it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/my-non-career-my-excuse-for-a-career-honestly-i-never-think-about-the/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

> [I like thinking of myself as invisible. I find it a very advantageous way to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/i-like-thinking-of-myself-as-invisible-i-find-it-a-very-advantageous/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

> [I'm not even sure who my audience is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/i-m-not-even-sure-who-my-audience-is/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

> [Johnny Jewel is how people were maybe two hundred years ago. Back then, when people got up in the morning, they knew what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/johnny-jewel-is-how-people-were-maybe-two-hundred-years-ago-back-then/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

> [Everybody's out trying to be commercial. I'm not trying to be anything, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/everybody-s-out-trying-to-be-commercial-i-m-not-trying-to-be-anything/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/i-don-t-want-any-production-credit-i-think-producers-are-overrated/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

> [I just don't like people coming up to me and saying something. It immediately makes you become insincere. There is no way you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/i-just-don-t-like-people-coming-up-to-me-and-saying-something-it/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

> [I'd never assume an audience was anything but totally receptive and perfect. Seriously, it seems to me that's the only circumstance you can work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/i-d-never-assume-an-audience-was-anything-but-totally-receptive-and/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

> [I've got a quote for you, a good quote to describe Television...In madness there is order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/i-ve-got-a-quote-for-you-a-good-quote-to-describe-television-in/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/i-told-somebody-in-europe-i-was-43-i-never-tell-my-true-age-it-s/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

> [I don't think anybody thinks about their past much, unless they're in a mental institution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/i-don-t-think-anybody-thinks-about-their-past-much-unless-they-re-in/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

> [All the Frank O'Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going... it's so chatty or something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/all-the-frank-o-hara-types-seem-to-have-very-little-sound-stuff-going/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

> [It's like first grade where you make all your mistakes and people see it and yet some people see that there's something there that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/it-s-like-first-grade-where-you-make-all-your-mistakes-and-people-see/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-verlaine/)

> [Emily Dickinson has great sound and sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/emily-dickinson-has-great-sound-and-sense/)

[Tom Verlaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-verlaine/i-always-hated-jazz-guitar-i-loved-jazz-saxophone-but-i-hated-jazz/)

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