Lou Reed Quotes


Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony. Lou Reed Life 103
I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future. Lou Reed Concentrate 91
Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things. Lou Reed Music 88
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 Music 86
Music was what bothered me, what interested me. Lou Reed Music 80
Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat. Lou Reed Energy 76
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 art 65
I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it. Lou Reed Believed 65
The most important part of my religion is to play guitar. Lou Reed Guitar 61
The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music? Lou Reed Music 60
I tried to give up drugs by drinking. Lou Reed Drugs 59
I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket. Lou Reed Act 57
One of my rules is: Never listen to your old stuff. Lou Reed Listen 52
The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there. Lou Reed Music 48
These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible. Lou Reed Nice 47
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. Lou Reed Music 43
I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play. Lou Reed Cherry 42
I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything. Lou Reed Business 38
I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego. Lou Reed Art 35
Take a walk on the wild side. Lou Reed Uncategorized 32
I can concentrate on my art. Lou Reed Art 31
I'm a humanist. Lou Reed Uncategorized 29
I don't like overdubs, never liked them. Lou Reed Uncategorized 28
The music business doesn't interest me anymore. Lou Reed Business 23

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