Lou Reed Quotes

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Families that live out in the suburbs often make each other cry.

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

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When I'm rushing on my run And I feel just like Jesus's son

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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. Sometimes it's me, or a composite of me and other people. Sometimes it's not me at all.

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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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Underachievers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose except your fright.

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Caroline says as she gets up from the floor, you can hit me all you want to, but I don't love you anymore.

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Plucked her eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she. She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.

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The injuries we do in kind are visited upon us often. In the science of the mind, trying hard to move a shadow.

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He's probably the single most untalented person I've heard in my life. He's a two-bit pretentious academic, and he can't play rock'n'roll, because he's a loser. And that's why he dresses up funny. He's not happy with himself, and I think he's right.

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Herpes, AIDS, the Middle East at full throttle. Better check that sausage before you put it in the waffle.

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The currents rage deep inside us
This is the age of video violence.

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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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Over what guilty spirit to not hear the beating, to not hear the beating, but only tears of perfect moan, only tears of perfect moan.

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It's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you.

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I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass. Maybe listening to my music is not the best idea if you live a very constricted life. Or maybe it is.

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