Lou Reed is the most important definitive writer in modern rock. Not because of the stuff that he does, but the direction that he will take it.

I'm afraid of Americans.

Some people are marching together and some on their own. Others are running, the smaller ones crawl. But some sit in silence.

I find it easier to write in these little vignettes; if I try to get any more heavy, I find myself out of my league.

There have been times when I've written something and it goes out and it comes back in a letter from some kid as to what they think about it and I've taken their analysis to heart so much that I have taken up his thing. Writing what my audience is telling me to write.

I guess, - a greater number of the 26 or so albums that I've made are known in Europe than they are in America.

Never bored, so I'll never get old