Lou Reed Quotes about Family

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These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

Lou Reed

Love, Life, Family

"Interviewing Lou Reed: Not a perfect day" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2003.

I'm too old to do things by half

Lou Reed

Love, Life, Family

You won't see my parents honored on any stamps.

Lou Reed

Family, Parent, Stamps

Song: The Proposition, Album: Set the Twilight Reeling

The rich son waits for his father to die, the poor just drink and cry.

Lou Reed

Family, Father, Son

Song: Men of Good Fortune, Album: Berlin

When he beat my mother it made me so mad.

Lou Reed

Family, Mother, Mad

Song: My Old Man, Album: Growing Up in Public

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

Family, Girl, Mother

Song: Endless Cycle, Album: New York