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" Perfect Night is minimalistic and that's what makes it so forceful. "
Lou Reed
Perfect
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" I don't mind a repetitive chorus; I mind repetitive verse. I mean, it's the same amount of space. Why would you have only three diamonds if you can have six? "
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" I can't do anything I want to. I mean, I can't have my own TV show. I can't have my own movie. But within my little world, nobody tells me what to put on the albums. "
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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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" One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz. "
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" I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen. "
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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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" In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle. "
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" You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it. "
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" I don't like nostalgia unless it's mine. "
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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 in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything. "
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" I can create a vibe without saying anything, just by being in the room. "
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" There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out. "
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" When I was in college, I had a jazz radio show. I called it 'Excursion on a Wobbly Rail,' after a Cecil Taylor song. I used to run around the Village following Ornette Coleman wherever he played. "
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" I don't really think about what the subject of my next album will be. I just know that I'm going to make another album. "
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" One of my rules is: Never listen to your old stuff. "
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" I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels. "
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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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" When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment. "
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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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" I don't like overdubs, never liked them. "
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Them
Never
" I've never been super confident about anything. The work is never as good as it could be. "
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" I don't know what goes on in the crowd. I've had them show up and throw beer cans at me. I caused riots in most of the major cities. "
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" Sound is more than just noise. Ordered sound is music. My life is music. "
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" The most important part of my religion is to play guitar. "
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" My God is rock'n'roll. "
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