Quotes By Lou Reed

Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful.

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

You can't beat 2 guitars, bass, and drums.

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.

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

The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.

I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live a very constricted life. Or maybe it is.

My God is rock'n'roll.

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

I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.

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

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

I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music.

I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.

I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.

You're a musician: You play. That's what you do.

Take a walk on the wild side.

I'm too old to do things by half.

I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine.

I don't know what goes on in the crowd. I've had them show up and throw beer cans at me. I caused riots in most of the major cities.

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

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

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.