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.
IGGY POPAnd 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.
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.
IGGY POPI 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.
IGGY POPI was a pretty nice kid. Kind of quiet, but quiet in terms I wasn’t going out and setting fire to anything. I had a big mouth and I was creative type, you know.
IGGY POPYou 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.
IGGY POPIf I started thinking too much about how influential I’ve been, then I’d be more of a turd than I already am.
IGGY POPI’m bored, I’m the chairman of the board.
IGGY POPThere 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.
IGGY POPIf I don’t terrorize, I’m not Pop.
IGGY POPThe 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.’
IGGY POPBowie’s a real man, and I’m a real woman – just like Catherine Deneuve.
IGGY POPWhen 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.
IGGY POPMy 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.
IGGY POPI’m glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they’re lying.
IGGY POPWhat some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
IGGY POPI like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
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