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.’
IGGY POPI’ll love you when my eyes are open, I’ll love you when my eyes are gone.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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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.
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There are no pimps, no whores, no transvestites – gone. Now that’s more the culture I’m comfortable in … I don’t like it in the house, you know what I mean, but I like it somewhere around.
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The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.
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It is very important what not to do.
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When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, were very artificial.
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Well, I don’t use the toilet much to pee in. I almost always pee in the yard or the garden, because I like to pee on my estate.
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Your skin starts itching once you buy that gimmick about something called love.
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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.
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I kinda feel like everything comes full circle in life, even though that’s a cliche.
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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
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I have a hot memory, but I know I’ve forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
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I’ll love you when my eyes are open, I’ll love you when my eyes are gone.
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Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water. I don’t fish, I don’t hunt, I don’t scuba, I don’t spear, don’t boat, don’t play basketball or football – I excel at staring into space. I’m really good at that.
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I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
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I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, ‘Wow, I’m really great-looking.’… I think I’m the greatest, anyway.
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