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

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• Lou Reed:

  I don't like overdubs, never liked them.

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  I don't really think about what the subject of my next album will be. I just know that I'm going to

• Lou Reed:

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

• Lou Reed:

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

• Lou Reed:

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

• Lou Reed:

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

• Lou Reed:

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

• Lou Reed:

  I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything.

• Lou Reed:

  I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly h

• Lou Reed:

  I'm too old to do things by half.