Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reedwas an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Velvet Underground, and his solo career spanned five decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth2 March 1942
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
life-is-short past thinking
I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.
rooms i-can
I can create a vibe without saying anything, just by being in the room.
people dying why-not
The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music?
important velvet-underground said
I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.
rocks perfect insanity
In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle.
believe makeup reality
I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother.
depressing albums velvet-underground
It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.
guitar play important
The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.
kind kinds-of-love
And no kinds of love are better than others
memories book vegetables
They put the thing down your throat so you don't swallow your tongue, and they put electrodes on your head. That's what was recommended in Rockland State Hospital to discourage homosexual feelings. The effect is that you lose your memory and become a vegetable. You can't read a book because you get to page 17 and have to go right back to page one again.
should-have tolerance humans
Any human being should have a tolerance for anybody.
night thinking hands
When you think the night has seen your mind, That inside your twisted and unkind, Let me stand to show that you are blind. Please put down you hands cause I see you. I'll be you mirror.
beautiful running baby
Will none of the powers that be realize what Brian Wilson did with the chords. Deftly taking from all sources, old rock, Four Freshman, he got in his records a beautiful hybrid sound - Let Him Run Wild, Don't Worry Baby, I Get Around, Fun, Fun, Fun - 'and she had fun, fun, fun 'till her daddy took her T-bird away.'
reap
You're going to reap just what you sow