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.
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.