Lou Reed Quotes

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

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.
Lou Reed

Rock, Trying, Write

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

Another, Next, Subject

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

Love, Play, Guys

I'm a humanist.
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

Trying, Play, Said

I'm too old to do things by half.
Lou Reed

If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.
Lou Reed

Three, Jazz, Chords

It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.
Lou Reed

Around, Depressing, Print

Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things.
Lou Reed

Music, Pretty, Exclusion

Music was what bothered me, what interested me.
Lou Reed

Music, Interested, Bothered

One of my rules is: Never listen to your old stuff.
Lou Reed

Old, Stuff, Rules

People think that I work out but it's all t'ai chi.
Lou Reed

Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat.
Lou Reed

Night, Perfect, Energy

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? Songwriting doesn't work that way.
Lou Reed

Work, Writing, Career

Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right.
Lou Reed

Dictator, Terror, Claim

Take a walk on the wild side.
Lou Reed

Walk, Side, Wild

That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.
Lou Reed

The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there.
Lou Reed

Music, Chance, Generation

The music business doesn't interest me anymore.
Lou Reed

Music, Business, Interest

The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music?
Lou Reed

Music, Everything, Die

There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.
Lou Reed

Everything, Magic, Bit

There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time.
Lou Reed

Time, Whatever, Amount

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.
Lou Reed

Nice, Try, Times

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Nationality: American

Born: March 2, 1942

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