Second only to the sea, the Miami sky has been the greatest comfort in my life past 50. On a good day, when the wind blows from the south, the light here is diffuse and forgiving.
IGGY POPI kinda feel like everything comes full circle in life, even though that’s a cliche.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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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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Curious is a good thing to be, it seems to pay some unexpected dividends.
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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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If I started thinking too much about how influential I’ve been, then I’d be more of a turd than I already am.
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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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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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It is very important what not to do.
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I’m glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they’re lying.
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Really good music isn’t just to be heard, you know? It’s almost like a hallucination
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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 never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don’t believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.
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I was a pretty nice kid. Kind of quiet, but quiet in terms I wasn’t going out and setting fire to anything. I had a big mouth and I was creative type, you know.
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The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.
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Well, it wasn’t like I was going to run out and score heroin and score an ounce of coke – but incidentally, on the road, I would usually get tanked up and as stoned as I possibly could to go on stage. And offstage, it would be a demon that would come up about twice a week.
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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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