Why don’t you swallow razor blades?
LOU REEDWhy don’t you swallow razor blades?
LOU REEDWhat could there be more purely bright in truth’s day star?
LOU REEDLife is like Sanskrit read to a pony.
LOU REEDI think it’s important that people don’t feel alone.
LOU REEDWhen 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 REEDHigh energy does not necessarily mean fast, high energy has to do with heart.
LOU REEDAll 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 REEDThey tied his arms behind his back to teach him how to swim, they put blood in his coffee and milk in his gin.
LOU REEDWhen 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 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.
LOU REEDWhen you pass through the fire, you pass through humble.
LOU REEDElectricity comes from other planets.
LOU REEDI love women, I think they’re great.
LOU REEDI always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.
LOU REEDTo 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.
LOU REEDI 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