When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone.
Tom VerlaineI've got a quote for you, a good quote to describe Television...In madness there is order.
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 Verlaine