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
memories book past
I wish I had a talking book that told me how to act and look, a talking book that contained keys to past and present memories
memories crazy artist
To wish for the crazy times one last time and freeze it in the memory of a camera is the least a great artist can do.
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.
face jim
I like to think of us as Clearasil on the face of the nation. Jim Morrison would have said that if he was smart, but he's dead.
glad perfect spend
Oh, it's such a perfect day, I'm glad I spend it with you,
kids match mix talking
So all those kids out there who think mix and match is really great, you don't know what you're talking about, ... I'm a professional. I do this for a living.
work
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.
cds chance music sound
The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there.
business
I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything.
You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.
foul illiterate limit low people retard seen
I read that script. It's one of the most disgusting, foul things I've seen -- by any illiterate retard -- in a long time. There's no limit to how low some people will go to write something to make money.
amazing band depth experience musical
His amazing band contributes to one extraordinary experience of musical wit, depth and, most of all, beauteous heart.
album help pop
We once did an album with a pop painter, ... because we wanted to help him out.
amplify original truly
For the truly obsessive, they can get the original Poe. I amplify it. I think it's more understandable.