Tom Verlaine Quotes

There are a lot of bands that have a huge appeal, but I don't understand why. Guns n' Roses. U2. But you know, that's just my thing. Music is pretty personal.

I really didn't like 'Done With Mirrors.' I really didn't like 'Just Push Play.' Then there are other records I really think were good for their time, like 'Toys and Rocks.'

I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!' at every single song. So there was nothing in the middle. You brutally put it on one side or another.

I don't like talking about music.

I don't really worship the album 'Transformer.' It's not the best thing that Lou Reed has done.

My scratching I don't really think communicates to intelligent life forms. Anyone with more than one brain cell would think Kid Koala music is completely retarded.

My son always says I like very weird music.

I can understand someone not liking the voice or the songs.

I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap.

You realize that the first Bryan Ferry album was pretty good although at the time it seemed a bit cheesy.

Popular music sucks so bad right now.

What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.

I just don't get that new hot music. I don't know anything about all these groups like U2.

If Paul McCartney tells me that so-and-so song is his favorite song, what do I care? What do I care what anybody else says?

I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.

I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.

I always make fun of KISS because I don't particularly think their music is anything.

If it were bad songs, yeah, I'd speak up, but they're not bad songs.

When people say 'stadium songs,' it's really negative. All the festival headliners, I've realised, are usually the worst bands.

I'm not the best at choosing what's good and what's bad. I wouldn't even know what's a good pop song and what's a bad one. With that said, I wanted to say what's true to me. Some people might say that the Skrillex record was pop, but that was just about the chemistry between me and my boy.

Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?

You might have a favorite band and really dislike one of the records. That's fine.

When I read a review, 90% of the review is about my lifestyle, and the last two sentences are about the record.

You know what, Nickelback's alright.

My dad knows great music. So I'm taking music to him to get an opinion rather than praise.