“How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art o...” — Lou Reed Quote

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

“For a while, I felt a little self-impelled to write Lou Reed Kind of songs. I should have understood that a Lou Reed song was anything I wanted to write about.”

“Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things.”

“Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?”

“Anybody that's been through a divorce, and I hope it's something people never have to experience, it's the worse thing in the world.”

“I think... I'm perceived as an everyperson. There is no pedestal. I'm no different from anybody else.”