Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
IGGY POPAnd 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.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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Well, I don’t use the toilet much to pee in. I almost always pee in the yard or the garden, because I like to pee on my estate.
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Music is life, and life is not a business.
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Bowie’s a real man, and I’m a real woman – just like Catherine Deneuve.
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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 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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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 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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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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Your skin starts itching once you buy that gimmick about something called love.
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I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don’t believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.
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It is very important what not to do.
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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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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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Really good music isn’t just to be heard, you know? It’s almost like a hallucination
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