When I was a kid, my first favorite song was probably Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side. — Michael Rapaport Copy Share Image
I love Lou Reed because his voice sounds like your inner conscience. — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
I worked as an artist, played in a band, met Andy Warhol, Christo, Lou Reed, and David Byrne. I had fun. — Mary Lou Jepsen Copy Share Image
Is it a different New York since Lou Reed died? It’s been a different New York since I saw him in his… — Julie Klausner Copy Share Image
If I was to meet Lou Reed or Bob Dylan, I would be totally helpless. Writers and musicians make me feel completely… — Toby Stephens Copy Share Image
Lou Reed is the most important definitive writer in modern rock. Not because of the stuff that he does, but the direction… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Lou Reed's spirit and the way he did things was so important. Him and his music mean so much to me as… — Jim James Copy Share Image
It's a miracle that David Bowie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop are actually still alive today, given how hard they lived. — Mick Rock Copy Share Image
Sweet Jane' is my favorite song by Lou Reed the writer, at least the Velvet Underground Lou Reed. — Scarface Copy Share Image
The Southern California arena rock, hair metal, laidback hippie garden culture - for many growing up in the '70s and '80s, none… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
I don't think I'll ever be able to fully explain the way that the Velvet Underground's records opened a door in my… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
People said that way back in the early days I was probably one of the first rappers; the reason is that I… — Alan Vega Copy Share Image
In Othello, Othello kills Desdemona, but no one reads that play as a model for their own behavior. In Lou Reed's case,… — Anthony DeCurtis Copy Share Image
I have total respect for the self-contained rock artist. Whether you're dealing with Jerry Garcia or Lou Reed or Patti Smith or… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
In adolescence I started to find out about Robert Wilson because I saw Lou Reed's "Timerocker" at [the Brooklyn Academy of Music].… — Aaron Brookner Copy Share Image
If you want to see that human story unfold, if you want to understand that only the unexpected life is worth a… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
I try to make clothes the way Lou Reed does music, with minimal chord changes. It's about giving everything I make a… — Rick Owens Copy Share Image
I definitely have a Luddite's approach to what's going on. I find that as I get older, I get stupider. For me,… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
For a while, the gay thing seemed like such a big deal. But now, I don't think it is. It's just a… — Gale Harold Copy Share Image
“The old sound was alcoholic. The tradition was finally broken. The music is sex and drugs and happy. And happy is the… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
“I don't like categorizing stuff, but women's roles all through history have been to act as hierophant or someone who's guarded the… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Rock & Roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back the beat… — Legs McNeil Copy Share Image
Most of the time when I have met artists who have meant a lot to me, the experience has been well above… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“I remember the ecstasy of first going to a nightclub wearing eyeliner. Drenched in hairspray and glitter, dancing to Lou Reed records.… — Guy Mankowski Copy Share Image
Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
'NME' and 'Melody Maker' were saying I was the next Lou Reed or Van Morrison. So, everyone has their own version as… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
I think listening to a lot of Lou Reed when I was a teenager is what encouraged me to just sing however… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
'Some Kind of Monster' is a challenge, and 'Through the Never' is an extension of that. Even the album we made with… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Lou Reed was an ideal figure to me. He was bisexual, like me, and seemed to inhabit an ambiguous middle place on… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
“Lou Reed drove Honda scooters these days, and I was a hell of a lot closer to the wild side than him.” — Warren Moore Copy Share Image
Partying means drinking. It also means playing records by Lou Reed and Chicago, which I thought was a city but is also… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
Lou Reed's music has been in the lives of millions of people all over the world for decades. He had a truly… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I never met Lou Reed, never was one of those journalists lucky enough to be the object of his derision, contempt, condescension,… — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
I don't really worship the album 'Transformer.' It's not the best thing that Lou Reed has done. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I do think it's probably true to a certain extent that you tend to sing music that fits your voice. If you're… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed… — Walter Becker Copy Share Image
![“In adolescence I started to find out about Robert Wilson because I saw Lou Reed's "Timerocker" at [the Brooklyn Academy of Music]. I started getting into Jim Jarmusch and knew that my uncle was a friend of his. I pieced together parts of his life in high school and college, which lead me to his…” quote by Aaron Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/aaron-brookner-54373_academy_in-adolescence-i-started-to-find-out-abo_2140691.jpg)
