"In the late '70s I started to search……" — Lou Reed
"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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147 Quotes by Lou Reed
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Between thought and expression lies a lifetime.
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I'd harbored hopes that the intelligence that once inhabited novels or films would ingest rock. I was, perhaps, wrong.
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You do this because you like it, you think what you're making is beautiful. And if you think it's beautiful,…
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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…
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I'm too old to do things by half
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Not too many songwriters, when they write songs go for broke. When someone does who's really good, it's astonishing. There's…
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I love women, I think they're great.
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Please don't set me free Death means a lot me
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You know, some people got no choice, and they can never find a voice, to talk with that they can…
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I think it's important that people don't feel alone.
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They put the thing down your throat so you don't swallow your tongue, and they put electrodes on your head.…
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I've always believed that there's an amazing number of things you can do through a rock'n'roll song and that you…
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More Drug Quotes
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If you have children, you don't want to have drugs and drinks in the house. It's just not good.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because…
— Michael Badnarik
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Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious…
— Michael Badnarik
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Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's…
— Douglas Adams
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I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot…
— Jean-Michel Basquiat
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I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.
— George Best
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I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you don't realize this until you're getting…
— Steven Adler
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By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to…
— Jo Brand
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it…
— Harry Browne
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I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing…
— Harry Browne
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Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with special horror.
— William S. Burroughs
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I've seen firsthand the terrible consequences of drug abuse. My heart is with all who suffer from addiction and the…
— Columba Bush
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