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 REEDWhy don’t you swallow razor blades?
More Lou Reed Quotes
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I think it’s important that people don’t feel alone.
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Perfect Night is minimalistic and that’s what makes it so forceful.
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Electricity comes from other planets.
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To wish for the crazy times one last time and freeze it in the memory of a camera is the least a great artist can do.
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Kill them now, cause I need some kicks. I need some kicks, I’m getting bored.
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Let’s do what you fear most That from which you recoil But which still makes your eyes moist
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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.
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I wanna hear some Diana Ross, I wanna hear some Marvin Gaye. I wanna hear a song that reminds me of a better day.
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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.
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Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.
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When you pass through the fire, you pass through humble.
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Why don’t you swallow razor blades?
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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.
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I love women, I think they’re great.
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Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has.
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