Quotes from Anthony DeCurtis

In fact, among the people I met, the term soviet served essentially as a synonym for 'fucked up'. I'd been in the country about three days when a car that was sent to take me to an interview failed to start. After several attempts to get it going, the driver turned to me, smiled wearily and explained: 'Soviet car'. By that time, that was all the explanation I needed.

What would the fearsome Lou Reed insist on? Boys? Girls? Drugs? No, kielbasa.

Bob Neuwirth: In his depravity, Lou was dignified. Dignified depravity.

Despite its cosmopolitan airs, New York manufactures its own distinctive brand of high-IQ hicks: people [...] whose comprehension of the world beyond the Hudson River is willfully nonexistent.

Lou Reed: I am so susceptible to beauty.

Interviewing is a lot like talking, but you have to guide the conversation. You have to know what you want and go about getting it.