Lou Reed Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I've become completely well adjusted to being a cult figure.”

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

“I've never been super confident about anything. The work is never as good as it could be.”

“You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.”

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

“I am very emotionally affected by sound. Sounds are the inexplicable... There is a sound you hear in your head, it's your nerves, or your blood running.”

“When I was in college, I had a jazz radio show. I called it 'Excursion on a Wobbly Rail,' after a Cecil Taylor song. I used to run around the Village following Ornette Coleman wherever he played.”

“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?”

“If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.”

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