– Being a star is more than knowing how to choose the right scarf, although I am told that being a star in California involves only knowing one’s astrological sign, denying that earthquakes are God’s revenge and wearing Frye cowboy boots. Being a star can also mean emulating old stars WHO WERE NOT EVEN DISCOVERED by the people, clods that they are. Being a star is also knowing how to say no, no a thousand times to the many subjects you rule over, no to this and no to that and no to every two bit rat who tries to get you to say yes, even when you mean no. So being a star is knowing how to say no. Sometimes it is even best to say no even when you mean yes, but that is another story and not to be gone into here.

Lou Reed, 6. Juni 1971, Fusion