#th

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? ↗

— Lou Reed

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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. ↗

— Lou Reed

#best #compass #else #i #idea

I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego. ↗

— Lou Reed

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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. ↗

— Lou Reed

#created #doubt #great #i #know

I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it. ↗

— Lou Reed

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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 cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket. ↗

— Lou Reed

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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

I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts. ↗

— Lou Reed

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