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 POPThe 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.
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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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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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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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The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.
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I’m bored, I’m the chairman of the board.
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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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Onstage I’ve been hit by a grapefruit, beercans, eggs, spit, money, cigarette butts, Mandies, Quaaludes, joints, bras, panties, and a fist.
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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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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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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
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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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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.
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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I’m getting older and older.
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It is very important what not to do.
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If I don’t terrorize, I’m not Pop.
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