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 really valuable. That's the way it went for more than 2 years almost 3 years of playing. — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
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… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share
I like thinking of myself as invisible. I find it a very advantageous way to live. — Tom Verlaine Copy Share
Johnny Jewel is how people were maybe two hundred years ago. Back then, when people got up in the morning, they knew what they… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share
Everybody's out trying to be commercial. I'm not trying to be anything, really. — Tom Verlaine Copy Share
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… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share
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… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share
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… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share
I've got a quote for you, a good quote to describe Television...In madness there is order. — Tom Verlaine Copy Share
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… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share
I don't think anybody thinks about their past much, unless they're in a mental institution. — Tom Verlaine Copy Share
All the Frank O'Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going... it's so chatty or something. — Tom Verlaine Copy Share
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… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share
I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share
