Top 45 Quotes by Iggy Pop

About Iggy Pop

These are some quotes by American author Iggy Pop Musician, who was born on April 21, 1947.

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.

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.

Iggy Pop

Miami is nothing like me, and that's why I need to be here - it's the opposite. I'm practical, where this place is moody, I'm stolid in my interior, where this place has a certain flair, and I'm materialistic in a sense that this place is fundamentally spiritual - there's a quicksilver quality about this place.

Iggy Pop

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.

Iggy Pop

Nobody understands me, I'm really sensitive.

Nobody understands me, I'm really sensitive.

Iggy Pop

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

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

Iggy Pop

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.

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.

Iggy Pop

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

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

Iggy Pop

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.

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.

Iggy Pop

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

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

Iggy Pop

My general take on American music since 1969 is that it's just getting stiffer and people are getting more uptight - audience, performance, and palace guard.

My general take on American music since 1969 is that it's just getting stiffer and people are getting more uptight - audience, performance, and palace guard.

Iggy Pop

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