"I want to be real. I don't want to pose as anything. I don't want to pose as a tough guy. I don't want to pose as a nice guy."

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I 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