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If I don’t terrorize, I’m not Pop.

Iggy Pop

Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water. I don’t fish, I don’t hunt, I don’t scuba, I don’t spear, don’t boat, don’t play basketball or football – I excel at staring into space. I’m really good at that.
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Basketball Football Play Scuba
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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Palaces People Uptight
Music is life, and life is not a business.
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Business Life Music
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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Dark Tunes Two
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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Hot Memories Survival
I’m glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they’re lying.
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Art Crazy Lying
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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Ideas Rocks Thinking
Really good music isn’t just to be heard, you know? It’s almost like a hallucination
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Hallucinations Heard Music
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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Anything Creative Fire Kids Nice
If I don’t terrorize, I’m not Pop.
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Country People Pops Terrorize
Stages are getting higher and higher, and I’m getting older and older.
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Getting Getting Older High Stage
What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
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Antics People Shows
I’m bored, I’m the chairman of the board.
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Boards Bored Work
I’ll love you when my eyes are open, I’ll love you when my eyes are gone.
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Eye Gone Love You
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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Come Produce Sound
I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
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Bother Done Torn

If I don’t terrorize, I’m not Pop.

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