Lou Reed Quotes

“Partying means drinking. It also means playing records by Lou Reed and Chicago, which I thought was a city but is also a band it turns out.”
― Ron Currie Jr., Everything Matters!

“Lou Reed is unimpressed by applause, and lives a life detached from custom. His stare is cold and his romanticism is brutal. His songs are half-sung melodies of menace. He might drop dead any second, and is therefore the real thing. Examined ravenously like a museum exhibit, Lou Reed is evidently spiked to excess, and strangely loveable.”
― Morrissey, Autobiography

“We have FCC, abandoned alimony payments, assault and battery, Homeland Security escalation, and that's before we invite the IRS to take a walk on your wild side.”
― Ken Goldstein, This is Rage

“What would the fearsome Lou Reed insist on? Boys? Girls? Drugs? No, kielbasa.”
― Anthony DeCurtis, Lou Reed: A Life

“Bob Neuwirth: In his depravity, Lou was dignified. Dignified depravity.”
― Anthony DeCurtis, Lou Reed: A Life

“Lou Reed: I am so susceptible to beauty.”
― Anthony DeCurtis, Lou Reed: A Life