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

~Lou Reed

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I'm a humanist.

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Raymond Chandler managed to write about L.A. his whole career. Should I keep going writing about New York? Is that what I should be doing? Songwriting doesn't work that way.

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The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there.

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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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I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels.

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It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.

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I don't mind a repetitive chorus; I mind repetitive verse. I mean, it's the same amount of space. Why would you have only three diamonds if you can have six?

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I can't do anything I want to. I mean, I can't have my own TV show. I can't have my own movie. But within my little world, nobody tells me what to put on the albums.

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: March 2nd, 1942

Died: October 27th, 2013

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