# Lou Reed on Andy Warhol — Please Quote Me

> He said, "Why don't you write a song called 'Vicious'?" And I said, "Well, Andy, what kind of vicious?" "Oh, you know, vicious like I hit you with a flower." And I wrote it down, literally.

— Lou Reed, on Andy Warhol

Source: Rolling Stone, 1989 (website)
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