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You're a musician: You play. That's what you do.

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Lou Reed
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: March 2
Died: 2013
Died: October 27
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I dreamed that I was young and smart, and it was not a waste. I dreamed that there was a point of life, and to the human race.
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When critics ask you if you feel vindicated by other critics - I didn't like critics then, and I don't like them now. There you go. I've always been outside the mainstream, and it stayed that way.
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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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