Quotes By Lou Reed

I don't mind a repetitive chorus; I mind repetitive verse. I mean, it's the same amount of space. Why would you have only three diamonds if you can have six?

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

I'm too old to do things by half.

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.

The music business doesn't interest me anymore.

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

I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything.

You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it.

I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket.

When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things.

I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen.

I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says.

I can concentrate on my art.

I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.

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

I'm a humanist.

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

I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.

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

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.

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.

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

I don't like overdubs, never liked them.