Quotes from Iggy Pop

Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.

I have no idea why a guy would bring a jar of peanut butter to a concert.

Look, you're here to see me, and I can't go on until my dealer is here, and he's waiting to be paid, so give me some money so I can fix up, and then you'll get your show.

I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.

In 1965, when great young white artists in the English-speaking world were successfully re-channeling hillbilly and black music - you know Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards - they didn't get any money at first. They were all broke.

I became Iggy because I had a sadistic boss at a record store. I'd been in a band called the Iguanas. And when this boss wanted to embarrass and demean me, he'd say, 'Iggy, get me a coffee, light.'

She looked at me penetratingly. So I suppose you can figure out what happened next.

When it comes to art, money is an unimportant detail. It just happens to be a huge unimportant detail.

The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.

Onstage I've been hit by a grapefruit, beercans, eggs, spit, money, cigarette butts, Mandies, Quaaludes, joints, bras, panties, and a fist.

Music is life, and life is not a business.

Really good music isn't just to be heard, you know? It's almost like a hallucination

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.

Life is just a bag of pot.

I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, 'Wow, I'm really great-looking.'... I think I'm the greatest, anyway.

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.

Well, the stuff that has become more commercial doesn't have any edge.

I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.

The people who were learning from me tended to be more commercial performers who were gonna rip off the salient idea to do it in a way that will sell, but they weren't going for the music.

My mom was a saint. She taught me to be terminally nice.

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.

As society has changed, what had formerly been unacceptable has become colorful.

I kinda feel like everything comes full circle in life, even though that's a cliche.

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.