But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but.
Lou Reed

How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?
Lou Reed

I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.
Lou Reed

I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music.
Lou Reed

I can concentrate on my art.
Lou Reed

I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket.
Lou Reed

I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother.
Lou Reed

I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says.
Lou Reed

I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine.
Lou Reed

I don't like overdubs, never liked them.
Lou Reed


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.
Lou Reed

I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.
Lou Reed

I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.
Lou Reed

I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.
Lou Reed

I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.
Lou Reed

I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen.
Lou Reed

I tried to give up drugs by drinking.
Lou Reed

I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.
Lou Reed

I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything.
Lou Reed

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 me.
Lou Reed