172 Quotes by Iggy Pop

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

When I get up in the morning, I stay nude for three or four hours. If I really feel like getting formal, I’ll put on board shorts.

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.’

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.

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

I’m glad I am crazy, it keeps me trying. I despise trendies, I know they’re lying.

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.

And for so long, I had thought if I was going to write a song, or get “into” something, I had to at least smoke a joint or something. And that didn’t work anymore. Once I was fairly well cleaned out, even a little bit of a drug getting into my work threw me off kilter.

I like music that’s more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.