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 POPIf you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that’s such a rare gift. It’s underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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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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Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
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Bowie’s a real man, and I’m a real woman – just like Catherine Deneuve.
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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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If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that’s such a rare gift. It’s underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics.
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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I’m getting older and older.
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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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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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I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
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Your skin starts itching once you buy that gimmick about something called love.
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If I don’t terrorize, I’m not Pop.
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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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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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It is very important what not to do.
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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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