I don't think Marquee Moon was so good, y'know? Just another record. First records everybody likes a lot.
Tom VerlaineThe first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell.
Tom VerlaineIn Old English they don't say I had a dream, but there's another usage of the word - "life is but a dream," to be corny about it. It's implied with eyes wide open, rather than asleep. But I'm not a philosopher to explain myself. I wish I could. Maybe that's why I'm a musician.
Tom VerlaineI can't remember ever being really bored. I find life very interesting, actually. I think some other musicians are always looking for something to give them an idea, but I find I have to reject 90 percent of my ideas because they don't live up to some self-imposed standard. That's also why I don't make a record once a year. I throw so many things out, and I have to have something to say.
Tom Verlaine