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“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.”

Book:Autobiography

Source: Autobiography

“What would the fearsome Lou Reed insist on? Boys? Girls? Drugs? No, kielbasa.”

Music Velvet Underground Lou Reed

Book:Lou Reed: A Life

Source: Lou Reed: A Life

“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.”

Lou Reed Congresswoman Payne Kimo Balthazer Producer Lee Creighton Senator Henderson Special Agent Hussaini

Book:This is Rage

Source: This is Rage

“Bob Neuwirth: In his depravity, Lou was dignified. Dignified depravity.”

Depravity Lou Reed The Velvet Underground

Book:Lou Reed: A Life

Source: Lou Reed: A Life

“Lou Reed: I am so susceptible to beauty.”

Book:Lou Reed: A Life

Source: Lou Reed: A Life