Top 70 Quotes by Lou Reed

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.

It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.

I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.

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

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

The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there.

The music business doesn't interest me anymore.

I've become completely well adjusted to being a cult figure.

I can concentrate on my art.

Raymond Chandler managed to write about L.A. his whole career. Should I keep going writing about New York? Is that what I should be doing? Songwriting doesn't work that way.