I’m not a singer, a walking instrument like Aretha Franklin. When you get an Iggy Pop record, you don’t get “Iggy Sings.” I am also a style of music, an approach.
IGGY POPLiving in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
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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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Pussy power’s pulling me down, down, down, down. When it’s there and I can’t have it, I get real real rabid.
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The nut of the thing is that if what you make is hard like a diamond, you can put it anywhere. You can put it up your and it will still be beautiful.
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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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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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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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Miami’s not anybody’s poor cousin. It’s an aspiration to live in this town, not something you have to do to promote yourself like some of the larger cities.
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I kinda feel like everything comes full circle in life, even though that’s a cliche.
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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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Really good music isn’t just to be heard, you know? It’s almost like a hallucination
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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.
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The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame was a great idea when it started, but I think they ought to close it, I think it’s full.
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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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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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