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" The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music? "
Lou Reed
Dying
Why Not
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" These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible. "
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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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" The music business doesn't interest me anymore. "
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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've never been super confident about anything. The work is never as good as it could be. "
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