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 POPI’m glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they’re lying.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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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 kinda feel like everything comes full circle in life, even though that’s a cliche.
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I’ll love you when my eyes are open, I’ll love you when my eyes are gone.
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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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Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
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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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The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.
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Bowie’s a real man, and I’m a real woman – just like Catherine Deneuve.
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I spent most of the eighties, most of my life, riding around in somebody else’s car, in possession of, or ingested of, something illegal, on my way from something illegal to something illegal with many illegal things happening all around me
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The 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.’
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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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I’m glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they’re lying.
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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.
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Well, I don’t use the toilet much to pee in. I almost always pee in the yard or the garden, because I like to pee on my estate.
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