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 POPThe 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.
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 like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
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I never say never about anything.
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Curious is a good thing to be, it seems to pay some unexpected dividends.
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Your skin starts itching once you buy that gimmick about something called love.
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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 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.
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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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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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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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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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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I’m getting older and older.
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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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