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Lou Reed
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: March 2
Died: 2013
Died: October 27
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How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?
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The sickness of the mother runs on through the girl, leaving her small and helpless. Liquor flies through her brain with the force of a gun, leaving her running in circles.
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The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.
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I don't think anybody is anybody else's moral compass.
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I think it's important that people don't feel alone.
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Life's like a mayonnaise soda.
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I've found that from my point of view, the Chen style contained many things that I knew on a fairly superficial level from Eagle Claw, and that had Chen elements of what seemed to me the soft in Eagle Claw.
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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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I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says.
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I can concentrate on my art.
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I've made love to my mother, killed my father, and my brother. What am I to do?
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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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Teach them about anger, the sin that comes with dawning. Teach them about flowers, and the beauty of forgiveness.
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When he beat my mother it made me so mad.
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I'll tell ya, I'm a genuinely nice guy. I really am. A real nice guy. But I think I'm temperamental.
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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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It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.
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I'm tearing down Route 80 East, the sun's on my right side. I'm drunk, but my vision's good.
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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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People can vote for who ever they want. That doesn't mean I have to go near them.
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