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> [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.](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/)

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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/)

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

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