They tied his arms behind his back to teach him how to swim, they put blood in his coffee and milk in his gin. Lou Reed More Quotes by Lou Reed More Quotes From Lou Reed You've gotta blow the roof off of your heart and let the universe in. Lou Reed roofblowheart Take a walk on the wild side. Lou Reed wild-sidehikingjourney Life's like a mayonnaise soda. Lou Reed mayonnaisesodaphilosophy One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz. Lou Reed velvet-undergroundthreetwo There's only X amount of time. You can do whatever you want with that time. It's your time. Lou Reed do-whatever-you-wantcan-dowant These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible. Lou Reed familylovelife 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. Lou Reed tiredgivingreality 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. Lou Reed drugcitiesage I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen. Lou Reed velvet-undergroundeverything-happens-for-a-reasonthinking You know the expression 'God protects fools and drunks'? I qualify for both. Lou Reed foolprotectexpression Between thought and expression lies a lifetime. Lou Reed expressioncleverlying My God is rock'n'roll. Lou Reed rock-n-rollrocks Things always seem to end before they start Lou Reed endsseems I can create a vibe without saying anything, just by being in the room. Lou Reed i-canrooms 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. Lou Reed positivebeautifulinspirational 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. Lou Reed ripwritingpeople There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out. Lou Reed adversitygriefloss Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony. Lou Reed musiclifefunny You do what you love, or you get arrested. Lou Reed arrestedwhat-you-love You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums. Lou Reed bassbeatsguitar
