The Beat thing happened when I was younger. I used to run away from home, inspired by the Beats, like in '64 and '65.
Tom VerlaineI 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 but lies.
Tom VerlaineWhen somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone.
Tom VerlaineI 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.
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