I'm not a singer, a walking instrument like Aretha Franklin. When you get an Iggy Pop record, you don't get "Iggy Sings." I am also a style of music,….

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..

I think that all the years of exposure to amps and electricity has altered my body chemistry..

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

I wasn't so stupid that I didn't realize the implications of what they were saying. In my live work I was going for the quick thrill, rather than spe….

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….

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 ….

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

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

And it's a - it's a term that's based on contempt; it's a term that's based on fashion, style, elitism, satanism, and, everything that's rotten about….

When I get up in the morning, I stay nude for three or four hours. If I really feel like getting formal, I'll put on board shorts..

I always went in with a very specific idea of the sound I wanted, and once I'd recorded I'd try and make it sell as much as I could, but I only went ….

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 realiz….

The future of rock n roll is Justin Bieber..

I'm a little bit damaged in about 15 different ways, and it's been nice that no particular damaged area has become a major issue. I'm a more than mod….

I thought that if I practiced doing melodies for a year or so at home, I would learn to think melodically, and when I went to work it would come out,….

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..

Miami is nothing like me, and thats why I need to be here - its the opposite. Im practical, where this place is moody, Im stolid in my interior, wher….

I don't think I'm lucky; I think I have a tough constitution. That's a lot of it. And I've been wise enough to listen to other people. I was unconsci….

I've probably been spit on more that any person alive outside of, I would say, a member of the prison system..