Iggy Pop Quotes

I'm a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm.

They say that death kills you, But death doesn't kill you. Boredom and indifference kill you.

Music is life, and life is not a business.

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

Curious is a good thing to be, it seems to pay some unexpected dividends.

Nihilism is best done by professionals.

Really good music isn't just to be heard, you know? It's almost like a hallucination

It is very important what not to do.

When it comes to art, money is an unimportant detail. It just happens to be a huge unimportant detail.

The 2 things I like the most are girls and loud noises.

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

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.

What the world needs right now... a good, artistic, gothic, terrifying scare

What do you do with a lifetime of work? Face it in the morning.

I never say never about anything.

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

I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.

Stages are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and older.

What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.

Cigarettes and coffee, man, that's a combination.

I kinda feel like everything comes full circle in life, even though that's a cliche.

Bowie's a real man, and I'm a real woman - just like Catherine Deneuve.

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

I'm bored, I'm the chairman of the board.