I’ll love you when my eyes are open, I’ll love you when my eyes are gone.
IGGY POPWhat some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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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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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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And it’s a – it’s a term that’s based on contempt; it’s a term that’s based on fashion, style, elitism, satanism, and, everything that’s rotten about rock ‘n’ roll.
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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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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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Bowie’s a real man, and I’m a real woman – just like Catherine Deneuve.
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Onstage I’ve been hit by a grapefruit, beercans, eggs, spit, money, cigarette butts, Mandies, Quaaludes, joints, bras, panties, and a fist.
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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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Curious is a good thing to be, it seems to pay some unexpected dividends.
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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 never say never about anything.
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Music is life, and life is not a business.
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The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.
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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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