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.
IGGY POPOnstage I’ve been hit by a grapefruit, beercans, eggs, spit, money, cigarette butts, Mandies, Quaaludes, joints, bras, panties, and a fist.
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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If I don’t terrorize, I’m not Pop.
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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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I kinda feel like everything comes full circle in life, even though that’s a cliche.
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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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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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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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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 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’m bored, I’m the chairman of the board.
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I spent most of the eighties, most of my life, riding around in somebody else’s car, in possession of, or ingested of, something illegal, on my way from something illegal to something illegal with many illegal things happening all around me
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Music is life, and life is not a business.
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Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
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Well, it wasn’t like I was going to run out and score heroin and score an ounce of coke – but incidentally, on the road, I would usually get tanked up and as stoned as I possibly could to go on stage. And offstage, it would be a demon that would come up about twice a week.
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