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Lou Reed Quotes

List of quotations and sayings by the american musician Lou Reed on topics like perfect, music, play

  • I tried to give up drugs by drinking.

    — Lou Reed on drugs
    11
  • There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.

    — Lou Reed on bit
    3
  • I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine.

    — Lou Reed on remembrance
    3
  • I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.

    — Lou Reed on art
    2
  • I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist.

    I'm a student of the martial arts.

    — Lou Reed on artist
    1
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  • Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

    — Lou Reed on life
    1
  • These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

    — Lou Reed on nice
    0
  • 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.

    — Lou Reed on insanity
    0
  • But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but.

    — Lou Reed on created
    0
  • I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.

    — Lou Reed on concentrate
    0
  • I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.

    — Lou Reed on big
    0
  • You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it.

    — Lou Reed on explain
    0
  • About Lou Reed

    Name Lou Reed
    Quotes 38 quotations
    Nationality American
    Profession Musician
    Birthday October 16
    About Lou Reed was an influential American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. He first came to prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground (1965-1973). The band gained little mainstream attention during their career, but in hindsight became one of the most influential of their era.
    Top topics perfect, music, play, night, artist
  • Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right.

    — Lou Reed on claim
    0
  • My God is rock'n'roll.

    — Lou Reed on god
    0
  • I don't like overdubs, never liked them.

    — Lou Reed on overdubs
    0
  • There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time.

    — Lou Reed on amount
    0
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  • The music business doesn't interest me anymore.

    — Lou Reed on anymore
    0
  • Music was what bothered me, what interested me.

    — Lou Reed on bothered
    0
  • I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.

    — Lou Reed on believed
    0
  • That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.

    — Lou Reed on survived
    0
  • Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful.

    — Lou Reed on forceful
    0
  • I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket.

    — Lou Reed on act
    0
  • The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

    — Lou Reed on guitar
    0
  • I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything.

    — Lou Reed on business
    0
  • I'm too old to do things by half.

    — Lou Reed on half
    0
  • I can concentrate on my art.

    — Lou Reed on art
    0
  • Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat.

    — Lou Reed on energy
    0
  • I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen.

    — Lou Reed on happen
    0
  • I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says.

    — Lou Reed on care
    0
  • One of my rules is: Never listen to your old stuff.

    — Lou Reed on listen
    0
  • I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music.

    — Lou Reed on arts
    0
  • I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.

    — Lou Reed on artist
    0
  • How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?

    — Lou Reed on art
    0
  • I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.

    — Lou Reed on cherry
    0
  • I don't believe in dressing up reality.

    I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother.

    — Lou Reed on dressing
    0
  • Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things.

    — Lou Reed on concentrated
    0
  • I don't really think about what the subject of my next album will be.

    I just know that I'm going to make another album.

    — Lou Reed on album
    0
  • When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

    — Lou Reed on album
    0
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    • insanity
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    • lifestyle

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