Band Quote by Brian Eno

My favorite model of success is when people say, 'Nobody bought that first Velvet Underground album, but everyone who did started a band.'

— John Cameron Mitchell

The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band

— Brian Eno

I love the Velvet Underground, bro.

— Scarface

The clothes I wear... that doesn't change. I love long dresses. I love velvet. I love high boots. I never change. I love the…

— Stevie Nicks

'You Talk' was originally a copy of a certain Velvet Underground song.

— Pete Doherty

I like Velvet Underground, but I was never really hardcore into them. I like them, and I like Nico, but I won't front like…

— Eric Andre

I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground.

— Martin Gore

Parallels between classical and pop are not new. The whole San Francisco movement of John Cage and Terry Riley went hand in glove with…

— Charles Hazlewood

The best New York in the world is driving down the [Pacific Coast Highway] listening to the Velvet Underground. That's the best time I've…

— Devendra Banhart

Everybody gets a tag. If you listen to a Velvet Underground record, you don't think, 'Godfathers of Punk.' You just think, 'This sounds great.'…

— Elliott Smith

I heard the Velvet Underground and that changed things when I was like, 15.

— Ezra Furman

As a New Yorker you can't help but be proud of the fact that so much music and culture started here. Punk rock, jazz,…

— Moby