It is very important what not to do.
IGGY POPIf I started thinking too much about how influential I’ve been, then I’d be more of a turd than I already am.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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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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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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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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Curious is a good thing to be, it seems to pay some unexpected dividends.
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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.
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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 have a hot memory, but I know I’ve forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
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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.
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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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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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I’m bored, I’m the chairman of the board.
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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.
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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I’m getting older and older.
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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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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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