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 POPCurious is a good thing to be, it seems to pay some unexpected dividends.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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I’m bored, I’m the chairman of the board.
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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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I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, ‘Wow, I’m really great-looking.’… I think I’m the greatest, anyway.
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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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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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I’m glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they’re lying.
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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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Really good music isn’t just to be heard, you know? It’s almost like a hallucination
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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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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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If I don’t terrorize, I’m not Pop.
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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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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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