Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop
James Newell Osterberg, Jr., known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges, who reunited in 2003, and is well known for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPunk Singer
Date of Birth21 April 1947
CityMuskegon, MI
CountryUnited States of America
thinking mirrors wow
I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, 'Wow, I'm really great-looking.'... I think I'm the greatest, anyway.
love-you eye gone
I'll love you when my eyes are open, I'll love you when my eyes are gone.
hallucinations music-is heard
Really good music isn't just to be heard, you know? It's almost like a hallucination
people checks studios
Studios are like hospitals. A lot of people check in, and they don't check out.
girl noise loud
The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.
heart men rocks
Punk rock is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts, the souls, the time and the minds of young men who give everything they have to it.
giving people feelings
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.
fun looks dresses
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.
alive prison members
I've probably been spit on more that any person alive outside of, I would say, a member of the prison system.
thinking too-much influential
If I started thinking too much about how influential I've been, then I'd be more of a turd than I already am.
college feelings done
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.
walks walking
The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
important
It is very important what not to do.
coffee iguanas light
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.'