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
humble fire adages
When you pass through the fire, you pass through humble.
religious religion rope
Dear Pope, send me some hope or a rope.
yes-you-can masters turns
With Master Ren, if I'd tell him I can't do that and he'd say, yes you can, and it turns out I very much can do it.
stars honesty
What could there be more purely bright in truth's day star?
growing-up hate use
When you're growing up in a small town You know you'll grow down in a small town There is only one good use for a small town You hate it and you know you'll have to leave.
philosophy views negative
I want the principles of a timeless muse, I want to eradicate my negative views.
philosophy moving mind
The injuries we do in kind are visited upon us often. In the science of the mind, trying hard to move a shadow.
eyebrows wild-side hey
Plucked her eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she. She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.
differences laughing unanswered-questions
I can't tell the difference between wrong and right, are you laughing at me?
eagles tamales combination
There were lots of things that I recognized from my experience with Eagle Claw and Wu Hao, and here was the combination of the whole kit and kaboodle, the whole tamale in one.
electricity planets
Electricity comes from other planets.
wall war passion
When the past makes you laugh and you can savor the magic that lets you survive your own war, you'll find that that fire is passion and there's a door up ahead - not a wall.
beautiful thinking creating
But it's not only: What are you going to do about touring, it's: What are you going to do with your life? Is there a point to what we do? I think there is. Making music, creating beautiful things. We have to be in love with the good and the beautiful. If we are not, then you're in a nihilistic state.
memories book past
I wish I had a talking book that told me how to act and look, a talking book that contained keys to past and present memories