"I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be."
"I'm not leaving New York. And neither is anyone else. We're here. We are quintessential Americans - we're not only American, but New York-American."
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Source: Interviewing Lou Reed: Not a perfect day by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2003.
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