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
writing generations want
I write whatever shows up. That's good enough for me. I'm part of the first generation that wants to still do original material and not tour around as an oldies act.
want enough figures
One thing I've often thought is that I never want to tell anybody else what to do. It's hard enough to figure out what I want to do.
love-you want violence
Caroline says as she gets up from the floor, you can hit me all you want to, but I don't love you anymore.
fighting study wanted
I had started also studying because I wanted to learn more about power and fighting.
mean people want
People can vote for who ever they want. That doesn't mean I have to go near them.
want do-whatever-you-want amount
There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time.
mean artist want
I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.
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.
years week beats
My week beats your year.
absurdly double great harmonies listen parts ready seemed unusual ways
He's a great guy, absurdly talented, and he seemed ready to sing. It's these parts he can come up with, these ways of double tracking, these really unusual harmonies - I could listen to Antony all day.
heard knew presence
When I first heard him I knew I was in the presence of an angel,
album help pop
We once did an album with a pop painter, ... because we wanted to help him out.
glad perfect spend
Oh, it's such a perfect day, I'm glad I spend it with you,
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.