| The heart says what only the heart knows. |
Lou Reed, |
Letters To The Vatican |
| When you pass through the fire, you pass through humble. |
Lou Reed, |
Magic And Loss |
| Americans don't care too much for beauty. They'll shit in a river, dump battery acid in a stream, they'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach, and complain if they can't swim. |
Lou Reed, |
Last Great American Whale |
| As the dead rise to live, the live sink to die, the currents are deep and raging inside. |
Lou Reed, |
Video Violence |
| Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor, that's what the Statue of Bigotry says. Your poor huddled masses, let's just club them to death, and get it over with. |
Lou Reed, |
Dirty Boulevard |
| Herpes, AIDS, the Middle East at full throttle. Better check that sausage before you put it in the waffle. |
Lou Reed, |
The Original Wrapper |
| The baby sits in front of MTV watching violent fantasies, while Dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport only to find his heroes all coked up. |
Lou Reed, |
The Original Wrapper |
| Over what guilty spirit to not hear the beating, to not hear the beating, but only tears of perfect moan, only tears of perfect moan. |
Lou Reed, |
The Valley Of Unrest |
| I shot a vein in my neck and coughed up a quaalude. |
Lou Reed, |
The Last Shot |
| Some people drink to unleash their libidos, and other people drink to prop up their egos. |
Lou Reed, |
Power Of Positive Drinking |
| Valium would have helped that bash. |
Lou Reed, |
Walk On The Wild Side |
| What I really love is my scotch. It's the power, the power of positive drinking. |
Lou Reed, |
Power Of Positive Drinking |
| They tied his arms behind his back to teach him how to swim, they put blood in his coffee and milk in his gin. |
Lou Reed, |
The Blue Mask |
| Why don't you swallow razor blades? |
Lou Reed, |
Vicious |
| I wanna be Black, have natural rhythm, shoot twenty foot of jism too, and fuck up the Jews. |
Lou Reed, |
I Wanna Be Black |
| He switches the channel looking for something other than rape or murder or beatings or torture. |
Lou Reed, |
Video Violence |
| I like druggy downtown kids who spray paint walls and trains. I like their lack of training, their primitive technique. I think it hurts you, when you stay too long in school. |
Lou Reed, |
The Trouble With Classicists |
| Kill them now, cause I need some kicks. I need some kicks, I'm getting bored. |
Lou Reed, |
Kicks |
| The currents rage so deep upon us, this is the age of video violence. |
Lou Reed, |
Video Violence |
| I wanna hear some Diana Ross, I wanna hear some Marvin Gaye. I wanna hear a song that reminds me of a better day. |
Lou Reed, |
Letters To The Vatican |
| I've made love to my mother, killed my father, and my brother. What am I to do? |
Lou Reed, |
The Blue Mask |
| The rich son waits for his father to die, the poor just drink and cry. |
Lou Reed, |
Men Of Good Fortune |
| The sickness of the mother runs on through the girl, leaving her small and helpless. Liquor flies through her brain with the force of a gun, leaving her running in circles. |
Lou Reed, |
Endless Cycle |
| When he beat my mother it made me so mad. |
Lou Reed, |
My Old Man |
| You won't see my parents honored on any stamps. |
Lou Reed, |
The Proposition |