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Lou Reed
March 2, 1942 -
Nationality: American
Category: Musician
Subcategory: American Musician

Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right.

   

That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.

   

When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

   

I'm too old to do things by half.

   

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

   

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

   

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

   

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

   

Music was what bothered me, what interested me.

   

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

   

Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things.

   

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

   

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

   

If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.

   

Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat.

   

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

   

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

   

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

   

I don't like overdubs, never liked them.

   

I can concentrate on my art.

   

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