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
eye simple two
Meditation doesn't have to be complicated. What I do is about as simple as you can get. You could just count the beads, one, two, three, with your eyes closed or open, whatever makes you happy.
running blood sound
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.
heart thinking ideas
I have no control over the audience. I have no idea what they think. My heart's pure. I can't do anything. I really can't do anything. I don't know what goes on in the crowd.
song fun real
I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my own material and acted through that. That's my idea of fun. I get to be all these things in the songs.
real believe writing
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any attention at all. Sometimes it's me, or a composite of me and other people. Sometimes it's not me at all.
running song college
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.
eye recoil stills
Let's do what you fear most That from which you recoil But which still makes your eyes moist
not-sure stills dies
I'm still not sure I didn't die
songwriting ask-me asks
You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it.
perfect trying albums
When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.
beer cities goes-on
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.
figures cult wells
I've become completely well adjusted to being a cult figure.
exclusion
Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things.
challenges should notion
Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has.