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.
IGGY POPSecond 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.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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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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Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.
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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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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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Music is life, and life is not a business.
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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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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
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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 have a hot memory, but I know I’ve forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
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Curious is a good thing to be, it seems to pay some unexpected dividends.
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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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If I don’t terrorize, I’m not Pop.
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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I’m getting older and older.
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Bowie’s a real man, and I’m a real woman – just like Catherine Deneuve.
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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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