The Differences Between Lou Reed and Kale

At 14, Lou Reed was writing songs in Singingdom backed by Mickey Baker and King Curtis. He'd got himself a guitar but only had one lesson. According to the story he would tell on numerous occasions, he turned up with a copy of Blue Suede's shoes and told the teacher he only wanted to know how to play the chords for that and he'd work out the rest himself. The drinking age was 18 back then so we all started drinking at around 16. We were drinking quarts of beer but Lou was smoking joints. While we were looking at girls in Playboy, Lou was reading Story of O - stuff I wouldn't have even thought about knowing how to find