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Famous Lou Reed Quotes
“Don't the people you're around shape the music, is that what you're saying? Everything does.”
“I had started also studying because I wanted to learn more about power and fighting.”
“You know, when you're relaxed, you're putting it out there, and then it comes, oh, I can do that.”
“One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.”
“I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen.”
“I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.”
“I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.”
“There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.”
“I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.”
“There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time.”
“I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.”
“It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.”
“That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.”
“I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket.”
“Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right.”