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" I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen. "
Lou Reed
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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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" When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment. "
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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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" Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right. "
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" But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but. "
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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 was a product of Andy Warhol's Factory. All I did was sit there and observe these incredibly talented and creative people who were continually making art, and it was impossible not to be affected by that. "
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