Lou Reed

Lou Reed was an american musician and bandleader of The Velvet Underground who has been assessed by the admins of this site as INTJ.

Quotes

 * "I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future."
 * Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has."
 * "Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things."
 * "I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says."
 * "I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be."
 * “I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.”
 * Rolling Stone: "[The Velvet Underground and Nico] is the most prophetic rock album ever made."
 * Simon Hattenstone: “On stage for more than an hour, he drives his band relentlessly towards perfection.”
 * Simon Hattenstone: “For Reed, everything is personal, except the mixing desk.”