There are no pimps, no whores, no transvestites – gone. Now that’s more the culture I’m comfortable in … I don’t like it in the house, you know what I mean, but I like it somewhere around.
IGGY POPPussy power’s pulling me down, down, down, down. When it’s there and I can’t have it, I get real real rabid.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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If I don’t terrorize, I’m not Pop.
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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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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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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’m glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they’re lying.
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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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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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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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Miami’s not anybody’s poor cousin. It’s an aspiration to live in this town, not something you have to do to promote yourself like some of the larger cities.
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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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Really good music isn’t just to be heard, you know? It’s almost like a hallucination
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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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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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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I’m getting older and older.
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The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.
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