Wie ist die Zusammenarbeit mit Marilyn Manson entstanden?
GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN: Ich habe ihn vor einem Jahr kennen gelernt, seitdem arbeiten wir an verschiedenen Projekten. Unter anderem an Videos und Street Performances. Wir planen auch, gemeinsam eine Installation in Wien zu machen. ...

Suddeutsche Zeitung: Più esplicito: trattate con l'orrore di Poe e con "The Raven" è stata una terapia per lei?
LOU REED: Non penso. Forse è una terapia per te.
Suddeutsche Zeitung: All'inizio può essere molto confortante trattare con l'oscurità …
LOU REED: Non è una terapia per me. Conosci Gottfried Helnwein?
Suddeutsche Zeitung: L'artista austriaco?
LOU REED: Si, Gottfried Helnwein
Suddeutsche Zeitung: Non di persona. Qualche suo lavoro ....
LOU REED: Ti piace?
Suddeutsche Zeitung: No.
LOU REED: Capisco!
Suddeutsche Zeitung: Perchè?
LOU REED: E' un mio amico.
Suddeutsche Zeitung: Davvero?
LOU REED:Si. Ha dipinto un ritratto magnifico di Poe. ...

Marilyn Manson:
About a year ago, I hooked up with Gottfried Helnwein, and he and I have been working together on various projects that, again, cross the boundaries between photography, painting, film, and installation. It's part of what I'm going to unleash and put into effect as the next couple of months unfold. It's stuff that people dont get to see anymore; it's stuff that happened in the '30s, '40s, '50s and even the '60s with the Panic Movement and Action. Gottfried really pushes the envelope, not just for shock value but for the betterment of art, to make people want to have style because they like it, not because they want to impress other people, to want to be creative because it feeds them and it makes them exist. ...