172 Quotes by Iggy Pop

I'm deeper than the shit I'm in and I don't really give a damn.

I've probably been spit on more that any person alive outside of, I would say, a member of the prison system.

Nihilism is best done by professionals.

I'm not ashamed to dress "like a woman" because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman.

Status seekers, I never caredOnce I found out they never daredTo seize the world and shake it upside downAnd every stinking bum should wear a crown

If I started thinking too much about how influential I've been, then I'd be more of a turd than I already am.

What did Christ really do? He hung out with hard-drinking fishermen.

I was feeling that I was the in the dead-end circuit from 1980 to 1983, and I didn't know what else to do. I remember doing a show in some college town, in a tiny club, and afterward some fans came back. I thought I had done good gig and they were going to tell me that.

My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop.