Some people drink to unleash their libidos, and other people drink to prop up their egos. — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
People can vote for who ever they want. That doesn't mean I have to go near them. — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
Don't the people you're around shape the music, is that what you're saying? Everything does. — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music? — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
You know, some people got no choice, and they can never find a voice, to talk with that they can even call… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
It always bothers me to see people writing RIP when a person dies. It just feels so insincere and like a cop… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
Well, everybody does something, some people race cars, others collect stamps, I find tai chi to be philosophically, aesthetically, physically and spiritually… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
It's fun to be in a small club and to be able to look somebody right in the eye and watch them… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
It's interesting to have a conglomeration of people that covers the strata from A to Z... There's a certain element of the… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
Well all tai chi has the martial aspect to it, a lot of people don't know, a lot of the teachers won't… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A.… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it...I always believed that I have something important to say… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
Rock & roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back your beat… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I was a product of Andy Warhol's Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
The gay people know where I'm at. Straight people may not know where I'm at, but they find it kind of interesting… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any… — Lou Reed Copy Share
I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future. — Lou Reed Copy Share
The only thing constantly changing is change, and change is always changing for the worse. — Lou Reed Copy Share
The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there. — Lou Reed Copy Share
Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat. — Lou Reed Copy Share
Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has. — Lou Reed Copy Share
Underachievers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose except your fright. — Lou Reed Copy Share
Sometimes, you've got to be in a place. You're just another guy. You can just blend in. I live out in the wilds of… — Lou Reed Copy Share
How could you even dream or think something of someone who is as uncommercial as I am? — Lou Reed Copy Share
I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music. — Lou Reed Copy Share
