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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.

Iggy Pop

I’m glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they’re lying.
IGGY POP

Art Crazy Lying
And 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 POP

Fashion Rocks Style
What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
IGGY POP

Antics People Shows
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 POP

Blow Day Good Past
Bowie’s a real man, and I’m a real woman – just like Catherine Deneuve.
IGGY POP

Bowie Men Real
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.
IGGY POP

Ideas Rocks Thinking
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.
IGGY POP

Coke Heroin Ounce Running
I’ll love you when my eyes are open, I’ll love you when my eyes are gone.
IGGY POP

Eye Gone Love You
Curious is a good thing to be, it seems to pay some unexpected dividends.
IGGY POP

Curious Pay Unexpected
Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
IGGY POP

Country Easy Easy Going People
I’m bored, I’m the chairman of the board.
IGGY POP

Boards Bored Work
I have a hot memory, but I know I’ve forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
IGGY POP

Hot Memories Survival
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.
IGGY POP

Beautiful Diamond Nuts
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.
IGGY POP

Dark Tunes Two
Really good music isn’t just to be heard, you know? It’s almost like a hallucination
IGGY POP

Hallucinations Heard Music
Stages are getting higher and higher, and I’m getting older and older.
IGGY POP

Getting Getting Older High Stage

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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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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