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 POPI’m not a singer, a walking instrument like Aretha Franklin. When you get an Iggy Pop record, you don’t get “Iggy Sings.” I am also a style of music, an approach.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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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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It is very important what not to do.
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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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Music is life, and life is not a business.
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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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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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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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I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don’t believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.
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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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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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The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.
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Curious is a good thing to be, it seems to pay some unexpected dividends.
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Bowie’s a real man, and I’m a real woman – just like Catherine Deneuve.
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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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I’m not a singer, a walking instrument like Aretha Franklin. When you get an Iggy Pop record, you don’t get “Iggy Sings.” I am also a style of music, an approach.
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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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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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Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
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If I don’t terrorize, I’m not Pop.
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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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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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I’ll love you when my eyes are open, I’ll love you when my eyes are gone.
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Your skin starts itching once you buy that gimmick about something called love.
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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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I’m bored, I’m the chairman of the board.
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