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
tired reality giving
Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor, that's what the Statue of Bigotry says. Your poor huddled masses, let's just club them to death, and get it over with.
giving-up drinking giving
I tried to give up drugs by drinking.
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.
business
I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything.
You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.
years week beats
My week beats your year.
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.
kids match mix talking
So all those kids out there who think mix and match is really great, you don't know what you're talking about, ... I'm a professional. I do this for a living.
face jim
I like to think of us as Clearasil on the face of the nation. Jim Morrison would have said that if he was smart, but he's dead.
glad perfect spend
Oh, it's such a perfect day, I'm glad I spend it with you,
amplify original truly
For the truly obsessive, they can get the original Poe. I amplify it. I think it's more understandable.
absurdly double great harmonies listen parts ready seemed unusual ways
He's a great guy, absurdly talented, and he seemed ready to sing. It's these parts he can come up with, these ways of double tracking, these really unusual harmonies - I could listen to Antony all day.