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.
IGGY POPI 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.
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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It is very important what not to do.
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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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I’m glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they’re lying.
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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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I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
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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 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 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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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 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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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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Bowie’s a real man, and I’m a real woman – just like Catherine Deneuve.
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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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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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