Facts about Tom Verlaine

Occup.Musician
BornDecember 13, 1949
Age74 years

Summary

Tom Verlaine is a famous Musician, he/she is 74 years old and still alive, born December 13, 1949.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac sagittarius, who is known for Philosophical, Motion, Experimentation, Optimism. Our collection contains 17 quotes who is written / told by Tom.

Related authors: Jeff Buckley (Musician)

17 Famous quotes by Tom Verlaine

Small: The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richar
"The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell"
Small: 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"
Small: I really dont have that much interest in stardom
"I really don't have that much interest in stardom"
Small: I like thinking of myself as invisible. I find it a very advantageous way to live. Unfortunately, its n
"I like thinking of myself as invisible. I find it a very advantageous way to live. Unfortunately, its not the way the music business works. If you don't create some kind of public image, it gets created for you"
Small: All the Frank OHara types seem to have very little sound stuff going... its so chatty or something
"All the Frank O'Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going... it's so chatty or something"
Small: Whats really fun is to write under different names
"What's really fun is to write under different names"
Small: You have to have that organizational principle behind the song
"You have to have that organizational principle behind the song"
Small: I never liked mellow sounding guitar
"I never liked mellow sounding guitar"
Small: I think almost every woman artist Ive ever met has this ideal of being in a partnership working situati
"I think almost every woman artist I've ever met has this ideal of being in a partnership working situation with a man, that men don't seem to share. They seem to want this ideal thing, that we'll always be together and work together"
Small: 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"
Small: Its like first grade where you make all your mistakes and people see it and yet some people see that th
"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"
Small: I just dont like people coming up to me and saying something. It immediately makes you become insincere
"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 react to it sincerely"
Small: 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"
Small: I dont see us as a big media gimmick band. We dont 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"
Small: Emily Dickinson has great sound and sense
"Emily Dickinson has great sound and sense"
Small: 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"
Small: I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ tri
"I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would make sure I'd buy one that did not have a guitar player on it. The sound was awful!"