American - Musician | March 2, 1942 - October 27, 2013
The music business doesn't interest me anymore.
Lou Reed
BusinessMusicMeMusic Business
When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.
MomentTryingPerfectPossibleGet
You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it.
MeYouAskExplainBecauseLyrics
If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.
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People think that I work out but it's all t'ai chi.
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I'm a humanist.
Humanist
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.
WorkKeep GoingNew YorkWritingNew
The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there.
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I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live a very constricted life. Or maybe it is.
LifeLiveMusicBestListeningYou
I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels.
TryingRockWriteOperaLevelStill
I don't mind a repetitive chorus; I mind repetitive verse. I mean, it's the same amount of space. Why would you have only three diamonds if you can have six?
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You're a musician: You play. That's what you do.
YouPlayMusician
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