Best Lou Reed Words
- I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket. Act
- I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother. Believe
- I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels. Level
- You're a musician: You play. That's what you do. Inspirational
- But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but. Created
- I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live a very constricted… Anybody
- I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so does Beethoven. If… Amputated
- I can't do anything I want to. I mean, I can't have my own TV show. I can't have my own movie. But within my… Albums
- In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs,… Drug
- I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music. Always Thought
- Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right. Claim
- Raymond Chandler managed to write about L.A. his whole career. Should I keep going writing about New York? Is that what I should be doing?… Career
- I can concentrate on my art. Art
- I can create a vibe without saying anything, just by being in the room. Create
- I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says. Anyone
- I don't know what goes on in the crowd. I've had them show up and throw beer cans at me. I caused riots in most… Beer
- I don't really think about what the subject of my next album will be. I just know that I'm going to make another album. Album
- I'll tell ya, I'm a genuinely nice guy. I really am. A real nice guy. But I think I'm temperamental. Genuinely
- I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for… Been
- I've become completely well adjusted to being a cult figure. Adjusted
- I've never been super confident about anything. The work is never as good as it could be. Been
- Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things. Concentrated
- Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has. Challenge
- Music was what bothered me, what interested me. Bothered
- Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat. Energy
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