Onstage I’ve been hit by a grapefruit, beercans, eggs, spit, money, cigarette butts, Mandies, Quaaludes, joints, bras, panties, and a fist.
IGGY POPWhat some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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Bowie’s a real man, and I’m a real woman – just like Catherine Deneuve.
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I kinda feel like everything comes full circle in life, even though that’s a cliche.
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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I’m getting older and older.
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It is very important what not to do.
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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
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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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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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I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
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The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.
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Music is life, and life is not a business.
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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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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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Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
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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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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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