The clothes I wear... that doesn't change. I love long dresses. I love velvet. I love high boots. I never change. I love the same eye make-up. I'm not a fad person. I still have everything I had then. That's one part of me... that's where my songs come from. There's a song on the new Fleetwood Mac album [Mirage] that says, 'Going back to the velvet underground/back to the floor that I love,' because I always put my bed on the floor. 'To a room with some lace and paper flowers/ back to the gypsy that I was.'
I heard the Velvet Underground and that changed things when I was like, 15.
'You Talk' was originally a copy of a certain Velvet Underground song.
I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me.
The first time I was in a ring with William Regal, I called him 'Bro,' and from there, everyone just kept saying 'Bro' to me. I kept saying 'Bro,' and before I knew it, I was deemed The King of Bros.
Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.
When I was 13, Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground made more sense to me than anything else.
I grew up in the '90s. I listened to a lot of The Clash, Velvet Underground and Roxy Music. I wasn't into Boyzone, or anything.
The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band
If you would keep your soul
From spotted sight or sound,
Live like the velvet mole;
Go burrow underground.
My favorite model of success is when people say, 'Nobody bought that first Velvet Underground album, but everyone who did started a band.'
I've come to think of Dunnett as the literary equivalent of the Velvet Underground; Not many people bought the books, but everyone who did wrote a novel.
I had three older sisters whose record collections I borrowed, so I was listening to The Velvet Underground as well as Bach and brass band music.
I think Andy Kaufman is to comedy what the Velvet Underground was to music - it's like, 80 thousand records sold, but everybody who bought one started a band.
The Velvet Underground is probably the best band that's ever existed, assuredly the best American one.
I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground.