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Lou Reed was an American musician, lyricist, and guitarist, hailed as one of the most influential artists in rock history. Known for his diverse musical style, ranging from rock and folk to experimental music, Reed left an indelible mark on the music scene. His hit songs include 'Walk on the Wild Side' and 'Perfect Day', which are still widely celebrated today.

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“People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing.”

“The gay people know where I'm at. Straight people may not know where I'm at, but they find it kind of interesting when they show up and see what is sitting around them.”

People Knows Kind May Shows Interesting Gay Sitting Gay People Sitting Around

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“It's interesting to have a conglomeration of people that covers the strata from A to Z... There's a certain element of the audience that's intellectually oriented, into the lyrics... then there's another element of the audience that's into a sex trip. I'm into both of them.”

People Certain Sex Interesting Audience Elements

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“It's fun to be in a small club and to be able to look somebody right in the eye and watch them just freak. Then it's fun to be in front of thousands of people and watch a couple of hundred freaking out of their minds.”

People Mind Looks Eye Able Fun Watches Fronts Couple Hundred Clubs Freak Freaking Out

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“People can vote for who ever they want. That doesn't mean I have to go near them.”

People Want Mean Vote

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“Don't the people you're around shape the music, is that what you're saying? Everything does.”

People Doe Shapes Music Is

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“Well all tai chi has the martial aspect to it, a lot of people don't know, a lot of the teachers won't show it, or they do show it but you don't really learn it, what the application is.”

People Knows Wells Shows Teacher Aspect Application Tai Chi

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“Well, everybody does something, some people race cars, others collect stamps, I find tai chi to be philosophically, aesthetically, physically and spiritually fascinating.”

People Wells Doe Race Car Fascinating Stamps Race Car Tai Chi

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“The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music?”

People Should Dies Dying Music Is Why Not

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“People think that I work out but it's all t'ai chi.”

People Thinking Work Out

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“I was a product of Andy Warhol's Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people who were continually making art, and it was impossible not to be affected by that.”

People Art Creative Impossible Products Affected Factories Creative People Warhol

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“I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any attention at all.”

People Writing Believe Real Sometimes Character Pay Attention Real Things Composites Real Character

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“Rock & roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back your beat so you could dream...The people just have to die for the music. People are dying for everything else, so why not for music? Die for it. Isn't it pretty? Wouldn't you die for something pretty?”

People Should Dream Dies Rocks Dying Beats Why Not Great People

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“You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it...I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it. That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say. ... I don't like overdubs, never liked them. ... The music business doesn't interest me anymore...Don't the people you're around shape the music, is that what you're saying? Everything does. ... I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me.”

“You know, some people got no choice, and they can never find a voice, to talk with that they can even call their own. So the first thing that they see, that allows them the right to be, why they follow it, you know, it's called bad luck.”

People Knows Firsts Choices Voice Luck Bad Luck

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“I think it's important that people don't feel alone.”

People Thinking Feels Important

Author:Lou Reed

“It always bothers me to see people writing RIP when a person dies. It just feels so insincere and like a cop out. To me, RIP is the microwave dinner of posthumous honours.”

People Feels Writing Persons Dies Dinner Bother Honour Cop Rip Insincere Microwaves Posthumous

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“Some people drink to unleash their libidos, and other people drink to prop up their egos.”

People Drink Drug Ego Alcohol Props Drugs And Alcohol Libido

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“All the people have gone to war leaving no interrogator to mind.”

People Mind War Politics Gone Leaving

Author:Lou Reed

About the Author

Born: March 2, 1942
Died: October 27, 2013
Known for: Musician
Quotes: 202

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