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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there's a current and just stare into the water. I don't fish, I don't hunt, I don't scuba, I don't spear, don't boat, don't play basketball or football - I excel at staring into space. I'm really good at that. "

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

" 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. "

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

" If I don't terrorize, I'm not Pop. "

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" If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, that's such a rare gift. It's underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics. "

" It's more fun to look at an old picture of me than it is to look at a new one sometimes. Although, I still wear a dress pretty well. "

" I'm a travel enthusiast. "

" 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. "

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

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" I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free. "

" 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. "

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

" When the 'godfather of punk' thing started floatin' around, it was, I was really, really embarrassed. I thought I should have a great, big rig and a cape and everything, and it was very embarrassing. And then after a while, you learn that if people call you anything, this is a great gift. "