„Co pamatuji, mezi Louem, primadonou skupiny, a ostatními pořád panovalo napětí. Pro Johna to bylo těžké, protože celou dobu hrál druhé housle. Přitom měl takové charisma! Charakteristický zvuk Velvet Underground, to byl John.“

Originál: (en) I mean, even WE'VE been influenced by the Velvet Underground... I'll tell you exactly what we pinched from (Lou Reed) too. You know Stray Cat Blues? The whole sound and the way it's paced, we pinched from the very first Velvet Underground album. You know, the sound on Heroin. Honest to God, we did!
Zdroj: [Janovitz, Bill, The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street, Bloomsbury Academic, London, 2005, 174, 6, 978-0826416735, anglicky]

Originál: (en) If the Velvet Underground had a protégé, it would be Jonathan
Zdroj: [Burrows, Tim, Strange World Of… Jonathan Richman, http://thequietus.com/articles/00027-the-strange-and-frightening-world-of-jonathan-richman, 2008-05-08, 2017-05-11, The Quietus, anglicky]

Zdroj: [Jovanovic, Rob, Jiří Kleňha, Velvet Underground pod slupkou, Pragma, Praha, 2012, 303, 978-80-7349-335-6, 281]

Originál: (en) Oddly, it was not really Lou Reed who attracted me to the Velvet. To me, the sound of the band was John Cale. That was confirmed a few years later when I worked with Lou on Transformer. John was the subversive element of the band, one of the most underrated musicians in rock history. That guy is a danger, a true character. I cannot think of anybody more terrifying and dark. Lou Reed is a choirboy compared to him.
Zdroj: [Les vies de Bowie, Les Inrocks, 2013, duben, 2/50, 0298-3788, anglicky]

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Zdroj: [Jovanovic, Rob, Jiří Kleňha, Velvet Underground pod slupkou, Pragma, Praha, 2012, 303, 978-80-7349-335-6, 280]