- Lou Reed saw the movie Flesh (1968) and that's where he got the idea for the third verse of the song "Walk on the Wild Side", which is about "Little Joe". Paul Morrissey told Lou to watch the movie and write about the characters in the film. The song is the end result.
- His image from Andy Warhol's Flesh (1968) appears on cover of The Smiths' debut album "The Smiths". He also appears on The Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers" album (his crotch does, anyway). Andy Warhol picked through a drawer of Polaroids and photos and picked out the image for the cover.
- Has a son, Mike, with whom he posed for a portrait by Greg Gorman in 1996.
- Five roles in a row, from Flesh (1968) to Heat (1972), all of his characters were named Joe or Joey.
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