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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Your skin starts itching once you buy that gimmick about something called love.
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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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Bowie’s a real man, and I’m a real woman – just like Catherine Deneuve.
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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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If I don’t terrorize, I’m not Pop.
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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
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I never say never about anything.
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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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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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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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I’m bored, I’m the chairman of the board.
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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.
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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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It is very important what not to do.
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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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