Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.
LOU REEDGive me your hungry, your tired, your poor, that’s what the Statue of Bigotry says. Your poor huddled masses, let’s just club them to death, and get it over with.
More Lou Reed Quotes
-
-
Why don’t you swallow razor blades?
LOU REED -
Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor, that’s what the Statue of Bigotry says. Your poor huddled masses, let’s just club them to death, and get it over with.
LOU REED -
When the past makes you laugh and you can savor the magic that lets you survive your own war, you’ll find that that fire is passion and there’s a door up ahead – not a wall.
LOU REED -
I wanna hear some Diana Ross, I wanna hear some Marvin Gaye. I wanna hear a song that reminds me of a better day.
LOU REED -
What could there be more purely bright in truth’s day star?
LOU REED -
I think it’s important that people don’t feel alone.
LOU REED -
All I want to do, is write rock and roll that you could listen to as you got older, and it wouldn’t lose anything; it would be timeless, in the subject matter and the literacy of the lyrics.
LOU REED -
Electricity comes from other planets.
LOU REED -
High energy does not necessarily mean fast, high energy has to do with heart.
LOU REED -
They tied his arms behind his back to teach him how to swim, they put blood in his coffee and milk in his gin.
LOU REED -
Perfect Night is minimalistic and that’s what makes it so forceful.
LOU REED -
I love women, I think they’re great.
LOU REED -
Let’s do what you fear most That from which you recoil But which still makes your eyes moist
LOU REED -
Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has.
LOU REED -
When you’re growing up in a small town You know you’ll grow down in a small town There is only one good use for a small town You hate it and you know you’ll have to leave.
LOU REED