The way Lou Reed wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him - it was so matter-of-fact.

I feel slightly confused about certain things. Practical and tactical things. When you try to make everyone happy… in the end you've got to make yourself happy.

People often put me in a V-neck tennis club sweater, driving a Bentley, but my life wasn't like that.

Birth is a beautiful thing.

The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.

Art is the image of life, it's purpose simply to enhance it.

The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would say no. It is what it is. I say better that than an urban war zone.