Lou Reed Quotes

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.
Lou Reed

Two, Three, Fine

I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen.
Lou Reed

Everything, Happen, Reason

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.
Lou Reed

Life, Read, Pony

I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.
Lou Reed

Important, Said, Believed

I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.
Lou Reed

Artist, Student, Call

I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.
Lou Reed

Life, Future, Past

I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine.
Lou Reed

Unless, Mine, Nostalgia

My God is rock'n'roll.
Lou Reed

God, Rock, Roll

I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.
Lou Reed

Art, Ego, Create

How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?
Lou Reed

Art, Reality, Learn

I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother.
Lou Reed

Reality, Makeup, Using

Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful.
Lou Reed

Night, Perfect, Makes

The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.
Lou Reed

Religion, Important, Play

I can't do anything I want to. I mean, I can't have my own TV show. I can't have my own movie. But within my little world, nobody tells me what to put on the albums.
Lou Reed

Mean, Put, Show

I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket.
Lou Reed

Act, Kicked, Bucket

I don't mind a repetitive chorus; I mind repetitive verse. I mean, it's the same amount of space. Why would you have only three diamonds if you can have six?
Lou Reed

Mind, Mean, Why

I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live a very constricted life. Or maybe it is.
Lou Reed

Life, Music, Best

I tried to give up drugs by drinking.
Lou Reed

Give, Tried, Drinking

I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.
Lou Reed

In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle.
Lou Reed

Rock, Before, Perfect

But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but.
Lou Reed

Great, Doubt, Night

I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music.
Lou Reed

Music, Thought, Put

I can concentrate on my art.
Lou Reed

I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says.
Lou Reed

Care, Anyone, Actually

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.
Lou Reed

Show, Beer, Goes

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Nationality: American

Born: March 2, 1942

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