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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.

~Lou Reed

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In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle.

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Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right.

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There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time.

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You can't beat 2 guitars, bass, and drums.

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You're a musician: You play. That's what you do.

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I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so does Beethoven. If you don't have the bass, it's like being amputated. It's like you have no legs.

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Meditation doesn't have to be complicated. What I do is about as simple as you can get. You could just count the beads, one, two, three, with your eyes closed or open, whatever makes you happy.

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There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.

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But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: March 2nd, 1942

Died: October 27th, 2013

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