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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.

Iggy Pop

You know, I’m fifty-two now and I call myself a singer. Before I kick it I want to be able to carry a tune in a living room if called upon. Of course, mine come out all dark and twisted and weird.
IGGY POP

Dark Tunes Two
Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
IGGY POP

Country Easy Easy Going People
Curious is a good thing to be, it seems to pay some unexpected dividends.
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Curious Pay Unexpected
The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.
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Age Girl Loud Noise
And if somebody’s going to produce me, they should be producing my sound for me. And that’s something I have to come up with myself.
IGGY POP

Come Produce Sound
If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that’s such a rare gift. It’s underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics.
IGGY POP

Feelings Giving People
I’m glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they’re lying.
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Art Crazy Lying
Your skin starts itching once you buy that gimmick about something called love.
IGGY POP

Culture Skins
The most successful stuff is sold to you as indispensable social information. The message in the music is, ‘We are terribly, terribly slick and suave, and if you listen to us, you can probably get a leg up in society, too.’
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Legs Suave Successful Terrible
I spent most of the eighties, most of my life, riding around in somebody else’s car, in possession of, or ingested of, something illegal, on my way from something illegal to something illegal with many illegal things happening all around me
IGGY POP

Car Illegal Riding Things
My general take on American music since 1969 is that it’s just getting stiffer and people are getting more uptight – audience, performance, and palace guard.
IGGY POP

Palaces People Uptight
And it’s a – it’s a term that’s based on contempt; it’s a term that’s based on fashion, style, elitism, satanism, and, everything that’s rotten about rock ‘n’ roll.
IGGY POP

Fashion Rocks Style
Bowie’s a real man, and I’m a real woman – just like Catherine Deneuve.
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Bowie Men Real
If I started thinking too much about how influential I’ve been, then I’d be more of a turd than I already am.
IGGY POP

Influential Much Thinking Too
I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
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Bother Done Torn
I’m bored, I’m the chairman of the board.
IGGY POP

Boards Bored Work

What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.

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