I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
IGGY POPThe 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.’
More Iggy Pop Quotes
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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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I’m glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they’re lying.
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Well, I don’t use the toilet much to pee in. I almost always pee in the yard or the garden, because I like to pee on my estate.
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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
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Well, it wasn’t like I was going to run out and score heroin and score an ounce of coke – but incidentally, on the road, I would usually get tanked up and as stoned as I possibly could to go on stage. And offstage, it would be a demon that would come up about twice a week.
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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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I kinda feel like everything comes full circle in life, even though that’s a cliche.
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Second 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.
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Curious is a good thing to be, it seems to pay some unexpected dividends.
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The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.
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Music is life, and life is not a business.
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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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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I’m getting older and older.
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I’m not a singer, a walking instrument like Aretha Franklin. When you get an Iggy Pop record, you don’t get “Iggy Sings.” I am also a style of music, an approach.
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It is very important what not to do.
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