Music is life, and life is not a business.
IGGY POPThe 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.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
-
-
What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
IGGY POP -
Really good music isn’t just to be heard, you know? It’s almost like a hallucination
IGGY POP -
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 -
I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, ‘Wow, I’m really great-looking.’… I think I’m the greatest, anyway.
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 -
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.
IGGY POP -
I’ll love you when my eyes are open, I’ll love you when my eyes are gone.
IGGY POP -
I’m glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they’re lying.
IGGY POP -
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.
IGGY POP -
I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
IGGY POP -
I have a hot memory, but I know I’ve forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
IGGY POP -
I never say never about anything.
IGGY POP -
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 -
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.
IGGY POP -
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.
IGGY POP