#no

Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. It's something that's open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and people who move here. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#been #both #brainwashed #confederate #ethnic

The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#faster #like #looks #much #nature

Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don't mean Phoenix? What is it that the South's boundaries enclose? ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#boundaries #enclose #i #i write #know

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

— Lou Reed

#created #doubt #great #i #know

I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music. ↗

— Lou Reed

#arts #choreography #could #i #i always

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. ↗

— Lou Reed

#anything #i #little #me #mean

I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says. ↗

— Lou Reed

#anyone #care #critic #does #i

I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine. ↗

— Lou Reed

#like #mine #nostalgia #unless

I don't really think about what the subject of my next album will be. I just know that I'm going to make another album. ↗

— Lou Reed

#album #another #going #i #just

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