It's interesting to have a conglomeration of people that covers the strata from A to Z... There's a certain element of the audience that's intellectually oriented, into the lyrics... then there's another element of the audience that's into a sex trip. I'm into both of them.

Lou Reed

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You've gotta blow the roof off of your heart and let the universe... by Lou Reed

You've gotta blow the roof off of your heart and let the universe in.

roof blow heart

Take a walk on the wild side. by Lou Reed

Take a walk on the wild side.

wild-side hiking journey

Life's like a mayonnaise soda. by Lou Reed

Life's like a mayonnaise soda.

mayonnaise soda philosophy

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and yo... by Lou Reed

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.

velvet-underground three two

There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with... by Lou Reed

There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time.

do-whatever-you-want can-do want

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

family love life

Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor, that's what the Statue of Bigotry says. Your poor huddled masses, let's just club them to death, and get it over with.

tired giving reality

I take drugs just because in the 20th century in a technological age living in the city there are certain drugs you have to take just to keep yourself normal like a caveman. Just to bring yourself up or down, but to attain equilibrium you need to take certain drugs. They don't getcha high even, they just getcha normal.

drug cities age

I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens... by Lou Reed

I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen.

velvet-underground everything-happens-for-a-reason thinking

You know the expression 'God protects fools and drunks'? I qualif... by Lou Reed

You know the expression 'God protects fools and drunks'? I qualify for both.

fool protect expression

Between thought and expression lies a lifetime. by Lou Reed

Between thought and expression lies a lifetime.

expression clever lying

My God is rock'n'roll. by Lou Reed

My God is rock'n'roll.

rock-n-roll rocks

Things always seem to end before they start by Lou Reed

Things always seem to end before they start

I can create a vibe without saying anything, just by being in the... by Lou Reed

I can create a vibe without saying anything, just by being in the room.

You do this because you like it, you think what you're making is beautiful. And if you think it's beautiful, maybe they think it's beautiful.

positive beautiful inspirational

It always bothers me to see people writing RIP when a person dies. It just feels so insincere and like a cop out. To me, RIP is the microwave dinner of posthumous honours.

rip writing people

There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even thing... by Lou Reed

There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out.

adversity grief loss

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony. by Lou Reed

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

music life funny

You do what you love, or you get arrested. by Lou Reed

You do what you love, or you get arrested.

arrested what-you-love

You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums. by Lou Reed

You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.

bass beats guitar