I tend to agree with you. I would rather quote something from a pure Tolkien text than the Published Silmarillion. Now, having said that, there are several passages from Book of Lost Tales, that I enjoy using, yet I know that while they were Tolkien's writtings, the ideas changed over time.
Also, there is the fact that JRRT intented to rewrite certain parts of the Sil, ex: the role of Galadriel, so sometimes it makes me wonder about her and other topics in the quenta.
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