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 POPIf I don’t terrorize, I’m not Pop.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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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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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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The nut of the thing is that if what you make is hard like a diamond, you can put it anywhere. You can put it up your and it will still be beautiful.
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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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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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I’m bored, I’m the chairman of the board.
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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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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 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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Your skin starts itching once you buy that gimmick about something called love.
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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 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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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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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
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