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
reality middle-east sausage
Herpes, AIDS, the Middle East at full throttle. Better check that sausage before you put it in the waffle.
reality rage currents
As the dead rise to live, the live sink to die, the currents are deep and raging inside.
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.
believe makeup reality
I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother.
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.
nice real thinking
I'll tell ya, I'm a genuinely nice guy. I really am. A real nice guy. But I think I'm temperamental.
art reality vanity
How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?
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.