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"In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle."
Lou Reed
"In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle."
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"I used to do drugs, but don't tell anyone or it will ruin my image."
Courtney Love
"I used to do drugs, but don't tell anyone or it will ruin my image."
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"Drugs are a bet with your mind."
Jim Morrison
"Drugs are a bet with your mind."
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"They couldn't do a drugs story on me because I'd already done one on myself."
Norman Cook
"They couldn't do a drugs story on me because I'd already done one on myself."
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"A lot of good has come from drugs. I think 'Penny Lane' is worth 10 dead kids. Dark Side of the Moon is worth 100 dead kids. Because a lot of kids wouldn't even be born if it weren't for that album, so it evens out."
Bill Maher
"A lot of good has come from drugs. I think 'Penny Lane' is worth 10 dead kids. Dark Side of the Moon is worth 100 dead kids. Because a lot of kids wouldn't even be born if it weren't for that album, so it evens out."
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"I only get ill when I give up drugs."
Keith Richards
"I only get ill when I give up drugs."
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"Drugs ruin peoples lives, break up families and have disastrous effects on our communities."
Adam Rickitt
"Drugs ruin peoples lives, break up families and have disastrous effects on our communities."
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"I think hard drugs are disgusting. But I must say, I think marijuana is pretty lightweight."
Linda McCartney
"I think hard drugs are disgusting. But I must say, I think marijuana is pretty lightweight."
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"I'm very fond of drugs."
Grace Slick
"I'm very fond of drugs."
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"Drugs are marvelous if you want to escape, but reality is so rich, why escape?"
Geraldine Chaplin
"Drugs are marvelous if you want to escape, but reality is so rich, why escape?"
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"I don't drink. I don't do drugs."
Casper Van Dien
"I don't drink. I don't do drugs."
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"Drugs scared me."
Larry David
"Drugs scared me."
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"In medicine, as in statecraft and propaganda, words are sometimes the most powerful drugs we can use."
Sara Murray Jordan
"In medicine, as in statecraft and propaganda, words are sometimes the most powerful drugs we can use."
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"I bought a gun and chose drugs instead."
Kurt Cobain
"I bought a gun and chose drugs instead."
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"A lot of my friends were fooling around with drugs then."
Tommy Rettig
"A lot of my friends were fooling around with drugs then."
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"Drugs made me feel more normal."
Carrie Fisher
"Drugs made me feel more normal."
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"I still don't know anything about drugs, or who takes them, or what happens."
Michael Giles
"I still don't know anything about drugs, or who takes them, or what happens."
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"If you don't think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CD's and burn them."
Bill Hicks
"If you don't think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CD's and burn them."
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"It gives us a look into a world that's very much like 'Traffic' was for drugs, this movie is for gun running. Dark at times, but I think Nic Cage is an incredible person to watch and very entertaining."
Jared Leto
"It gives us a look into a world that's very much like 'Traffic' was for drugs, this movie is for gun running. Dark at times, but I think Nic Cage is an incredible person to watch and very entertaining."
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"Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it."
Randy Newman
"Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it."
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"I'm grateful for doing those drugs, because they kept me from getting laid and I would have gotten AIDS."
Steve Tyler
"I'm grateful for doing those drugs, because they kept me from getting laid and I would have gotten AIDS."
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"I don't do drugs anymore... than, say, the average touring funk band."
Bill Hicks
"I don't do drugs anymore... than, say, the average touring funk band."
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"I was never a rah-rah person. I never sold drugs or did anything crazy."
Slick Rick
"I was never a rah-rah person. I never sold drugs or did anything crazy."
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"To put someone in jail for using drugs in the privacy of his hotel room is just barbaric."
Danny Sugerman
"To put someone in jail for using drugs in the privacy of his hotel room is just barbaric."
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"I took drugs because we all took drugs."
Marianne Faithfull
"I took drugs because we all took drugs."
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"I think drugs were used by me as a way of suppressing my natural spirit."
Marianne Faithfull
"I think drugs were used by me as a way of suppressing my natural spirit."
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"But the fact is, nobody gets off drugs unless they really want to, and I really wanted to."
Ally Sheedy
"But the fact is, nobody gets off drugs unless they really want to, and I really wanted to."
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"We never could have performed live for an hour and a half every week if we were doing drugs."
Chevy Chase
"We never could have performed live for an hour and a half every week if we were doing drugs."
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"Drugs were pretty easy to quit taking. I was never addicted to anything to begin with. But then, liquor - I had to wait about another six years before I finally got around to quitting that. I'm sure glad I did."
Alex Chilton
"Drugs were pretty easy to quit taking. I was never addicted to anything to begin with. But then, liquor - I had to wait about another six years before I finally got around to quitting that. I'm sure glad I did."
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"And as far as I'm concerned, it's like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem."
Jerry Garcia
"And as far as I'm concerned, it's like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem."
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"I smoked some pot as a kid, but I just never did drugs."
Taylor Dayne
"I smoked some pot as a kid, but I just never did drugs."
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"There are now more teens going into treatment for marijuana dependency than for all other drugs combined."
John Walters
"There are now more teens going into treatment for marijuana dependency than for all other drugs combined."
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"I never trashed a hotel room or did drugs."
Sean Connery
"I never trashed a hotel room or did drugs."
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"I don't take part in it the way I used to-the bimbos, the free beers, free drugs, all that. That's still there if you want it, but I don't really seek that out any more."
Layne Staley
"I don't take part in it the way I used to-the bimbos, the free beers, free drugs, all that. That's still there if you want it, but I don't really seek that out any more."
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"You know it has to do with Kelley and drugs, and me... and there's like, what is it? I didn't read it. That's my thing. That's what I do, I don't read things if I don't think they're going to be good. I don't even look at the pictures."
Kim Deal
"You know it has to do with Kelley and drugs, and me... and there's like, what is it? I didn't read it. That's my thing. That's what I do, I don't read things if I don't think they're going to be good. I don't even look at the pictures."
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"I couldn't say no to jobs and I couldn't say no to drugs. I'd get high from a movie, I'd be somebody else because I didn't particularly like me, so long as I had a script in my hand, I was okay. As soon as the movie was over, I didn't know what to do."
Brion James
"I couldn't say no to jobs and I couldn't say no to drugs. I'd get high from a movie, I'd be somebody else because I didn't particularly like me, so long as I had a script in my hand, I was okay. As soon as the movie was over, I didn't know what to do."
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"I've never taken drugs. My drug, I suppose, is drink. I never drink before I sing, but I do make up for it when I come off!"
Bonnie Tyler
"I've never taken drugs. My drug, I suppose, is drink. I never drink before I sing, but I do make up for it when I come off!"
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"Paradoxically, no such embargo exists for the drugs and therapies that have revolutionized the treatment of serious diseases although many of them were created with the same technologies."
Paul Berg
"Paradoxically, no such embargo exists for the drugs and therapies that have revolutionized the treatment of serious diseases although many of them were created with the same technologies."
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"I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police."
Keith Richards
"I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police."
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"I've got to do something to make up for all those self-absorbed and selfish years when I just, you know, was taking drugs, sitting in my room, doing bad things, whatever."
Elton John
"I've got to do something to make up for all those self-absorbed and selfish years when I just, you know, was taking drugs, sitting in my room, doing bad things, whatever."
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"It's so easy for a kid to join a gang, to do drugs... we should make it that easy to be involved in football and academics."
Snoop Dogg
"It's so easy for a kid to join a gang, to do drugs... we should make it that easy to be involved in football and academics."
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"Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in."
Kathie Lee Gifford
"Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in."
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"When drugs came around I sampled them just like anybody else but I never became dependent creatively on drugs; like various cartoonists in the underground never did anything if they weren't stoned, That was the prerequisite for sitting down and drawing."
Bill Griffith
"When drugs came around I sampled them just like anybody else but I never became dependent creatively on drugs; like various cartoonists in the underground never did anything if they weren't stoned, That was the prerequisite for sitting down and drawing."
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"I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do."
Richard Thompson
"I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do."
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"I used drugs as a social activity; a way to have fun with friends."
Lorna Luft
"I used drugs as a social activity; a way to have fun with friends."
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"I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too."
Mitch Hedberg
"I used to do drugs. I still do drugs. But I used to, too."
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"Many kids can tell you about drugs but do not know what celery or courgettes taste like."
Jamie Oliver
"Many kids can tell you about drugs but do not know what celery or courgettes taste like."
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"Jimi was a good guy 'til he got into drugs. That's the way it is. I just tell it like it is."
Dick Dale
"Jimi was a good guy 'til he got into drugs. That's the way it is. I just tell it like it is."
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"I don't have to say 'Rap it up' every two seconds, or 'Don't do drugs' every two seconds. They know they're not supposed to use drugs, and they know they're supposed to put a condom on."
Curtis Jackson
"I don't have to say 'Rap it up' every two seconds, or 'Don't do drugs' every two seconds. They know they're not supposed to use drugs, and they know they're supposed to put a condom on."
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"I was very laced with drugs myself, but Fred seemed to be even more so than me. That might have had something to do with it. That might have had something to do with nobody wanting to play my records, too, I don't know."
Barry McGuire
"I was very laced with drugs myself, but Fred seemed to be even more so than me. That might have had something to do with it. That might have had something to do with nobody wanting to play my records, too, I don't know."
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