Lou Reed Quotes, Thoughts and images

You've gotta blow the roof off of your heart and let the universe in.

Take a walk on the wild side.

Life's like a mayonnaise soda.

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

There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

It's the music that kept us all intact, kept us from going crazy.

Between thought and expression lies a lifetime.

My week beats your year.

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

When you pass through the fire, you pass through humble.

You know the expression 'God protects fools and drunks'? I qualify for both.

Any human being should have a tolerance for anybody.

You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.

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

Things always seem to end before they start

My God is rock'n'roll. It's an obscure power that can change your life. The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

I can create a vibe without saying anything, just by being in the room.

My God is rock'n'roll.

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

You do what you love, or you get arrested.

First thing you learnis that you'vealways got to wait

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

Sound is more than just noise. Ordered sound is music. My life is music.

Some people drink to unleash their libidos, and other people drink to prop up their egos.

I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass.

High energy does not necessarily mean fast, high energy has to do with heart.

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

Research, research, research. It means everything.

I think it's important that people don't feel alone.

I'll tell ya, I'm a genuinely nice guy. I really am. A real nice guy. But I think I'm temperamental.

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

And no kinds of love are better than others

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

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

I like mindless disco... they say the lyrics are stupid and repetitious. So what's wrong with that? So is lying in the sun. Not everything has to be serious.

I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.