Lou Reed

"The news I feared the most, pales in comparison to the lump in my throat and the hollow in my stomach. Two kids have a chance meeting and 47 years later we fight and love the same way – losing either one is incomprehensible. No replacement value, no digital or virtual fill . . . broken now, for all time. Unlike so many with similar stories – we have the best of our fury laid out on vinyl, for the world to catch a glimpse. The laughs we shared just a few weeks ago, will forever remind me of all that was good between us. — John Cale about Reeds death"

"Nothing beats 2 guitars, drum and bass."

"This is the impossible level, boys. Impossible doesnt mean very difficult, very difficult is winning the Nobel Prize, impossible is eating the sun."

"Of course. All the best people are."

"LR: "Are you political, Lou? Audience: "Yeah, are you?" LR:"Political about what? You give me an issue, Ill give you a tissue and you can wipe my ass with it."

"Fuck Radio Ethiopia man, Im Radio Brooklyn!"

"Hes probably the single most untalented person Ive heard in my life. Hes a two-bit pretentious academic, and he cant play rocknroll, because hes a loser. And thats why he dresses up funny. Hes not happy with himself, and I think hes right."

"It always bothers me to see people writing RIP when a person dies. It just feels so insincere and like a cop-out. To me, RIP is the microwave dinner of posthumous honors."

"Anyone that gets to side four is dumber than I am."