Iggy Pop (James Newell Osterberg Jr.) Quotes
Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
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I learn something in the interviews from time to time.
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I don't like people cleaning my room.
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I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.
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What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into something useful.
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
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Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.
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I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.
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But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.
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I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
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I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
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I like music a lot.
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While I deeply admire actors who deeply prepare, it's just not something I do.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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My son, O'Shea. He looks like me, and he can rhyme.
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I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.
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All the women want to be with me, all the men want to be like me.
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I don't believe in a lot of schmoozing and buttering up. Not that you don't become friends in work. But I think it's a misconception that you have to do a lot of hanging before you work.
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Sure, I got lost, which is an actor's worst nightmare. But it is a gift as well, because great things come out of being lost and unsure, especially if you have a controlling side or a perfectionist side, which plenty of us do.
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An attitude will give you heft.
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Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.
