So for me, there was a strong pull toward the dark side. Lou and Billy Name would go to this Vaseline bar called Ernie’s—there would be jars of Vaseline on the bar and there was a back room where the guys would go to fuck each other. While I was never gay, I was into sex, and when you’re thirteen or fourteen, sex is not that available from women. So I figured, Gee, wouldn’t it be great to be gay? So I tried it, but I was a miserable failure. I remember I was actually sucking this guy off once, and he said, “Man, you’re not into this.” I went, “Yeah, I know. I’m sorry.” LOU REED: Honey, I’m a
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