• I've always believed that there's an amazing number of things you can do through a rock'n'roll song and that you can do serious writing in a rock song if you can somehow do it without losing the beat.

    Lou Reed: I've always believed that there's an amazing number of things you can do through a rock'n'roll song and that you can do serious writing in a rock song if you can somehow do it without losing the beat.
    "Outsider Whose Dark, Lyrical Vision Helped Shape Rock 'n' Roll" by Ben Ratliff, www.nytimes.com. October 27, 2013.