Felt Quote by Lou Reed

Lou Reed's spirit and the way he did things was so important. Him and his music mean so much to me as the years…

— Jim James

Lou Reed's music has been in the lives of millions of people all over the world for decades. He had a truly universal presence…

— Henry Rollins

Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really…

— Stephen Malkmus

Each one of us had a little story to tell and each recording was based on that. Lou played all of the music but…

— Phil Harris

I have been listening a lot to The Carpenters and Neil Diamond, Elton John, and thinking, like, 'God, it'd be great to write a…

— Bat for Lashes

I learned that the songs that mean the most to me are the songs that I write by myself. While there were people I…

— Benmont Tench

If I was to meet Lou Reed or Bob Dylan, I would be totally helpless. Writers and musicians make me feel completely starstruck.

— Toby Stephens

I started writing songs after I heard Hank Williams.

— Bob Dylan

I loved Jimmy Reed, the chord changes, the lyrics.

— Sixto Rodriguez

I was immersed in popular songs of the time, of the '30s and '40s. I was writing songs, making fun of the attitudes of…

— Tom Lehrer

I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing all those songs. I had already been through phases…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

More than anything, that's been the thread through my life - the desire to write, the impulse to write. I mean, it's taken me…

— Patti Smith