"I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be."
"When you're growing up in a small town You know you'll grow down in a small town There is only one good use for a small town You hate it and you know you'll have to leave."
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Source: Lou Reed (2008). “Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics”, p.333, Da Capo Press
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