“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.”
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“What would the fearsome Lou Reed insist on? Boys? Girls? Drugs? No, kielbasa.”
“Bob Neuwirth: In his depravity, Lou was dignified. Dignified depravity.”
“Lou Reed: I am so susceptible to beauty.”
“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.”
“Thoughts are brought to life by belief, creating the reality that you experience.”
“Don't play the saxophone, let the saxophone play you.”