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Lou Reed
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: March 2
Died: 2013
Died: October 27
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I have no control over the audience. I have no idea what they think. My heart's pure. I can't do anything. I really can't do anything. I don't know what goes on in the crowd.
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I'm not leaving New York. And neither is anyone else. We're here. We are quintessential Americans - we're not only American, but New York-American.
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Some people drink to unleash their libidos, and other people drink to prop up their egos.
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It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.
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The music business doesn't interest me anymore.
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I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be.
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Psychologically, it's better that I think that I'm dirt.
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That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.
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When I saw that combination of grace and power, the fast and the soft, the yin and the yang, that's what I'd been looking for.
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With Master Ren, if I'd tell him I can't do that and he'd say, yes you can, and it turns out I very much can do it.
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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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I've become completely well adjusted to being a cult figure.
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The only thing constantly changing is change, and change is always changing for the worse.
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I am bigger and stronger than ever. My Chen Taiji and health regimen has served me well all of these years, thanks to Master Ren Guang-yi. I look forward to being on stage performing, and writing more songs to connect with your hearts and spirits and the universe well into the future.
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You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.
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I've never been super confident about anything. The work is never as good as it could be.
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The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music?
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Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful.
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The most important thing is work.
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Teach them about anger, the sin that comes with dawning. Teach them about flowers, and the beauty of forgiveness.
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