“It's the music that kept us all intact, kept us from going crazy.”
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Famous Lou Reed Quotes
“You've gotta blow the roof off of your heart and let the universe in.”
“Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful.”
“As the dead rise to live, the live sink to die, the currents are deep and raging inside.”
Source: Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics
Source: The Raven
“Some people drink to unleash their libidos, and other people drink to prop up their egos.”
“Valium would have helped that bash.”
Source: Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics
“What I really love is my scotch. It's the power, the power of positive drinking.”
Source: Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics
“Kill them now, cause I need some kicks. I need some kicks, I'm getting bored.”
“The currents rage so deep upon us, this is the age of video violence.”
Source: Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics
Source: Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics
“I've made love to my mother, killed my father, and my brother. What am I to do?”
“The rich son waits for his father to die, the poor just drink and cry.”
“I'm tearing down Route 80 East, the sun's on my right side. I'm drunk, but my vision's good.”
Source: Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics
“All the people have gone to war leaving no interrogator to mind.”
“Does anyone need yet another politician caught with his pants down and money sticking in his hole?”
“Senator, it has been reported that you have had illegal congress with your mother.”
Source: Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics
“The heart says what only the heart knows.”
Source: Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics
“Dear Pope, send me some hope or a rope.”
Source: Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics
“What could there be more purely bright in truth's day star?”
“Jealousy endlessly eats through my mind, and jealously endlessly makes me be unkind.”
“This violent rage that turned inward cannot be helped by drink.”
“I want the principles of a timeless muse, I want to eradicate my negative views.”
“The only thing constantly changing is change, and change is always changing for the worse.”
“Underachievers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose except your fright.”
“Speaking in a common tongue, speaking through guitars and drums.”
Source: Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics
“She never ever lost her head even when she was giving head.”