Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reedwas an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Velvet Underground, and his solo career spanned five decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth2 March 1942
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
song mean writing
Music is an amazing thing. I don't know if we really think about it the same way we consider a painting an amazing thing. I mean, a painting is, in quotes, imaginary. There is nothing on the canvas when you start; and writing a song, there is nothing there when you start.
writing generations want
I write whatever shows up. That's good enough for me. I'm part of the first generation that wants to still do original material and not tour around as an oldies act.
way mainstream critics
When critics ask you if you feel vindicated by other critics - I didn't like critics then, and I don't like them now. There you go. I've always been outside the mainstream, and it stayed that way.
gay interesting people
The gay people know where I'm at. Straight people may not know where I'm at, but they find it kind of interesting when they show up and see what is sitting around them.
want enough figures
One thing I've often thought is that I never want to tell anybody else what to do. It's hard enough to figure out what I want to do.
views goal political
To debate political objectives, views, and goals is the most American thing conceivable.
mean successful thinking
As you practice things, you get better. I mean I've worked very hard on changing my life and taking what is good about it and trying to jettison the things I think were not good about it. I think the key word is "discipline," focus. I'm always working at it, but I'm not always successful.
couple fun eye
It's fun to be in a small club and to be able to look somebody right in the eye and watch them just freak. Then it's fun to be in front of thousands of people and watch a couple of hundred freaking out of their minds.
song writing school
People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing.
heard knew presence
When I first heard him I knew I was in the presence of an angel,
album help pop
We once did an album with a pop painter, ... because we wanted to help him out.
You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.
business
I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything.
cds chance music sound
The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there.