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" Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt. "

Isabella Rossellini

" As a songwriter, oddly enough, my influences were people like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Buddy Holly. Some psychedelic stuff, too. "

" A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. "

Napoleon Bonaparte

" Colorful garments - ball gowns, kimonos, evening pajamas - made from yards upon yards of iridescent silk or velvet. I own an unjustifiable number of such outfits and jump at the chance to wear them. Against the etiquette about which I am otherwise all too conscious, I frequently, and unrepentantly, overdress for the occasion. "

" Don't be afraid to mix things up by pairing a military-style jacket with a velvet skirt, vintage with modern, off-the-rack with couture, formal with casual. "

" 'Dune' was like a giant machine, and it was hard to keep track of all the pieces, but 'Blue Velvet' was a very sleek, compact little experience. "

Kyle MacLachlan

" Half of my closet is Barbie clothes - PVC skirts, cropped fuzzy sweaters, and velvet minis. "

" I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me. "

" If Gretzky was velvet, Ovechkin is electricity. "

" If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet. "

" If you asked me to sing a modern song, I wouldn't be able to - I can't easily slip into that groove. But if it were a song by Nico or The Velvet Underground, fine. "

Ophelia Lovibond

" I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground. "

" I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches. "

" I like Velvet Underground, but I was never really hardcore into them. I like them, and I like Nico, but I won't front like I'm super knowledgeable. I just never got around to it. "

" I'll never turn down a red velvet cupcake. "

" I loved 'Blue Velvet.' "

" In burgundy, a well-cut and properly tailored velvet blazer looks dashing with gray flannels and a cashmere sweater or a sleek, solid velvet tie. "

" Iron hand in a velvet glove. "

" I still love red velvet cake. "

" I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes. "

" I think Andy Kaufman is to comedy what the Velvet Underground was to music - it's like, 80 thousand records sold, but everybody who bought one started a band. "

" I've come to think of Dunnett as the literary equivalent of the Velvet Underground; Not many people bought the books, but everyone who did wrote a novel. "

Alaya Dawn Johnson

" I wore my first pair of Louboutins during this press tour. It was absolutely amazing, they weren't heels, they were little shoes, but they were velvet and they were blue. "

Chloe Grace Moretz

" I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. "

Henry David Thoreau

" No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song. "

" Our Trolls are like gummy bears that have been flocked in velvet, and it's a world made of fiber art... carpeted floors, houses made of hair - even fire is made of hair. "

" Parallels between classical and pop are not new. The whole San Francisco movement of John Cage and Terry Riley went hand in glove with what the Velvet Underground were doing. "

Charles Hazlewood

" Plush velvet conjures up kings and opulence. "

" Velvet is great. It's warm as well. And it's snug. "

" When a band becomes as truly iconic as the Velvet Underground, there will often be a box set released, overburdened with mediocre material that dilutes what was fine left on its own. "

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