When I was 13, Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground made more sense to me than anything else. — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
I would be happy to produce groups, like John Cale - he was in the Velvet Underground, and then he went on… — Stephen Malkmus Copy Share Image
Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song. — Ezra Koenig Copy Share Image
I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground. — Martin Gore Copy Share Image
I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me. — Martin Gore Copy Share Image
I always wanted to move to New York because of the Velvet Underground, because of the picture that they painted of New… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it… — Moby Copy Share Image
I think more people wanted to sound like the Ramones than The Velvet Underground. So many bands try to imitate us. Anywhere… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
When we came along in 1982, music was getting boring - like 1976 when punk hadn't happened. We wanted to be rock… — Shaun Ryder Copy Share Image
It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour,… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
I think Andy Kaufman is to comedy what the Velvet Underground was to music - it's like, 80 thousand records sold, but… — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
I like Velvet Underground, but I was never really hardcore into them. I like them, and I like Nico, but I won't… — Eric Andre Copy Share Image
The best New York in the world is driving down the [Pacific Coast Highway] listening to the Velvet Underground. That's the best… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
What made Andy famous was the years I managed him. I created the Velvet Underground and told him not to worry about… — Paul Morrissey Copy Share Image
Everybody gets a tag. If you listen to a Velvet Underground record, you don't think, 'Godfathers of Punk.' You just think, 'This… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
That's the words: "So I'm back to the velvet underground" - which is a clothing store in downtown San Francisco, where Janis… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
I guess, for me, what started me getting real excited about music was the New York punk and new-wave scene. All those… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
The clothes I wear... that doesn't change. I love long dresses. I love velvet. I love high boots. I never change. I… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
One of the greatest learning experiences I had was hanging out with Maureen Tucker from the Velvet Underground. There's a woman who… — Glenn Kotche Copy Share Image
It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour,… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
“I began to recall my own experience when I was Mercutio’s age (late teens I decided, a year or two older than… — Roger Allam Copy Share Image
I was in college - Carnegie Mellon, which is one of the reasons Pittsburgh was appealing to me - and I personally… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
“I want to be able to listen to recording of piano sonatas and know who's playing. I want to go to classical… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“With the indie kids you have to remember this: they really think that what they do matters in some way. They reckon… — John Niven Copy Share Image
The Velvet Underground is probably the best band that's ever existed, assuredly the best American one. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
My favorite model of success is when people say, 'Nobody bought that first Velvet Underground album, but everyone who did started a… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I heard the Velvet Underground and that changed things when I was like, 15. — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
'You Talk' was originally a copy of a certain Velvet Underground song. — Pete Doherty Copy Share Image
I grew up in the '90s. I listened to a lot of The Clash, Velvet Underground and Roxy Music. I wasn't into… — Aaron Taylor-Johnson 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
When we learned to play in bands, what we were covering was equal part the Velvet Underground and the Grateful Dead. That… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
As a teen, I heard the second Velvet Underground album, 'White Light/White Heat,' and it was too much for my limited scope… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I had three older sisters whose record collections I borrowed, so I was listening to The Velvet Underground as well as Bach… — Johann Johannsson Copy Share Image
As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started here. Punk… — Moby Copy Share Image
“For careers you say you went to be remembered for your art Your obsessions get you known throughout the school for being… — Belle & Sebastian Copy Share Image
Though gay lifestyles have certainly moved into the open, there's little evidence that society has become more open in its basic attitudes… — Peter Bart Copy Share Image
Parallels between classical and pop are not new. The whole San Francisco movement of John Cage and Terry Riley went hand in… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
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