Velvet Underground Quotes

14 quotes by 12 authors

• The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band — Brian Eno
• 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 same… — Stevie Nicks
• 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.' The… — Elliott Smith
• Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band. — Brian Eno
• Though gay lifestyles have certainly moved into the open, there's little evidence that society has become more open in its basic attitudes or that entertainers… — Peter Bart
• No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song. — Ezra Koenig
• I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me. — Martin Gore
• I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground. — Martin Gore
• I think Andy Kaufman is to comedy what the Velvet Underground was to music - it's like, 80 thousand records sold, but everybody who bought… — Courtney Love
• 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, hip-hop… — Moby
• When a band becomes as truly iconic as the Velvet Underground, there will often be a box set released, overburdened with mediocre material that dilutes… — Henry Rollins
• I guess, for me, what started me getting real excited about music was the New York punk and new-wave scene. All those bands looked back… — Dean Wareham
• Parallels between classical and pop are not new. The whole San Francisco movement of John Cage and Terry Riley went hand in glove with what… — Charles Hazlewood
• As a songwriter, oddly enough, my influences were people like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Buddy Holly. Some psychedelic stuff, too. — Ric Ocasek

Who Wrote These Velvet Underground Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 14 Velvet Underground Quotes as follows:

• 2 Velvet Underground Quotes by Brian Eno
• 2 Velvet Underground Quotes by Martin Gore
• 1 Velvet Underground Quote by Moby
• 1 Velvet Underground Quote by Henry Rollins
• 1 Velvet Underground Quote by Dean Wareham
• 1 Velvet Underground Quote by Charles Hazlewood
• 1 Velvet Underground Quote by Ric Ocasek
• 1 Velvet Underground Quote by Stevie Nicks
• 1 Velvet Underground Quote by Elliott Smith
• 1 Velvet Underground Quote by Peter Bart
• 1 Velvet Underground Quote by Ezra Koenig
• 1 Velvet Underground Quote by Courtney Love