Lou Reed Play Quotations

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

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

You're a musician: You play. That's what you do.

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.

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.

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.

You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it...I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it. That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say. ... I don't like overdubs, never liked them. ... The music business doesn't interest me anymore...Don't the people you're around shape the music, is that what you're saying? Everything does. ... 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.