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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. "

Lou Reed

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Village

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" I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me. "

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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. "

" The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music? "

" How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality? "

" One of my rules is: Never listen to your old stuff. "

" My God is rock'n'roll. "

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" I don't like overdubs, never liked them. "

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" The most important part of my religion is to play guitar. "

" I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything. "

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

" It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print. "

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Your

Still

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

" I am very emotionally affected by sound. Sounds are the inexplicable... There is a sound you hear in your head, it's your nerves, or your blood running. "

" 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. "

" Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has. "

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

" I can concentrate on my art. "

" I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket. "

" I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother. "

" 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. "

" I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts. "

" I've become completely well adjusted to being a cult figure. "

" I'm too old to do things by half. "

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

" Me, I've concentrated on music pretty much to the exclusion of other things. "

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Much

Music

" I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music. "

" When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment. "

" Music was what bothered me, what interested me. "

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Bothered

Music