“I think the U.K. is an amazing place and has been extremely good to me. Some of my favorite and most-listened-to bands are from England. I have met many good people there and have been in front of some of the most loyal audiences I have ever encountered.”
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“I get letters from young people telling me that they're broke and download my albums for free. They ask me what I think about that. I now have a standard line. I tell them, 'I would rather be heard than paid.'”
“I have heard people say that they felt closer to their parents after they have died. Maybe if I treat people as if they were dead, I could get along with them better”
“There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people.”
“This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky.”
“I think more tolerance, more people having more access to a chance to be literate, and a chance to stay healthy makes for a more peaceful planet.”
“Somewhere, someone isn’t impressed by your looks. Not all men jump through the hoops of your fire. You’re unbelievably boring to more people than you’ll ever know.”
“You’ll never know that just sitting across a room full of people, I have transformed you into a goddess. A destroyer of despair.”
“Most Americans are very cool people.”
“When people hold you in high esteem, it's very delicate relationship. When they meet you they're putting all their chips up. It's make or break.”
“Lou Reed's music has been in the lives of millions of people all over the world for decades. He had a truly universal presence and was respected by musicians across all genres.”
“I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work.”
“Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice.”
“You don't make me feel like you used to. That's why I'm leaving That's why people leave each other They come to their senses and get selfish again.”
“Travelling as extensively as I do... the take away for me has made me very humble and very sympathetic to other people's plight in the world and very desirous of being proactive in being part of a solution somehow and not part of a problem. It's made me very patient and very grateful for where I live.”
“The bible saw that can get a lot of people killed, so let's try and steer people away from that. I am not an expert on the bible. I am just saying.”
“There is a concerted effort to keep you and me, you know, the people, away from what it [war] really looks like, 'cause when you're selling war, when it's such a big industry. What they don't tell you is the rest of it and the down side of it. And so obviously there is a lot of money and a lot of time and effort being spent on that campaign "perpetual war for perpetual peace".”
“The most interesting place by far was Afghanistan. Just because it is a place that I cannot see myself living. The hardness of the people and the history of the country is just so completely intense.”
“Some people tell me that they like what I do, which is great, of course. The perfect irony and truth is that I need them much more than they need me.”
“I have built my life to pursue the new. I don't have family, don't know many people and I am usually ready to leave within an hour.”