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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Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.
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I do shop online! But I'm shopping online mostly in the home categories – One Kings Lane and Gilt. At a lot of architectural websites, I buy a lot of hardware for cabinetry like hinges and things like that from England. So, you know, for me, I shop at Net-A-Porter, but I don't really shop that much for clothing online.
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The first time I went on stage as an adult was touring with the Johnny Cash Show. I'd sang as a child. But my grown-up initiation was as part of that band.
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Believing ourselves to be possessors of absolute truth degrades us: we regard every person whose way of thinking is different from ours as a monster and a threat and by so doing turn our own selves into monsters and threats to our fellows.
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Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.
