I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket.

You can't read a book because you get to page 17 and have to go right back to page one again. Disappointed with Reed's performance Cale was nevertheless impressed by Reed's early repertoire (including "Heroin") and a partnership began to evolve. This film which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.

After his departure from the group Reed began a solo career in 1971. [citation needed] In 1975 Reed released a double album of feedback loops Metal Machine Music upon which he later commented "No one is supposed to be able to do a thing like that and survive. As the Velvet Underground's principal songwriter Reed wrote about subjects of personal experience that rarely had been examined so openly in rock and roll including sexuality and drug culture.