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James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally by his stage name Iggy Pop (/ˈɪɡi pɒp/), and designated the "Godfather of Punk," is an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer 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.

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I'd have a few on and off, but the commitment was always more on the girls' part than on mine, to be perfectly honest. So, I met a girl in Tokyo, on my Japanese tour, with whom I've been living ever since, very happily. Her name is Suchi.

Commitment, Girl, Living, Names, Perfectly

Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.

Civil, Easy, Easy Going, England, Wonderfully

And it's a. . . it's a term 'Punk Rock' that's based on contempt; it's a term that's based on fashion , style , elitism, satanism , and, everything that's rotten about rock 'n' roll.

Based, Fashion, Rock, Rocks, Style, Term

Well, the stuff that has become more commercial doesn't have any edge.

Become, Commercial, Edges, Stuff, Wells

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

Girl, Noise, Loud Noises, Things, Loud, Like

I am the passenger, I stay under glass. I look through my window so bright, I see the stars come out tonight. I see the bright and hollow sky, over the city's ripped backsides and everything looks good tonight.

Travel, Stars, Glasses, Passenger, Under, Everything

You know, I'm fifty-two now and I call myself a singer. Before I kick it I want to be able to carry a tune in a living room if called upon. Of course, mine come out all dark and twisted and weird.

Carry, Dark, Singer, Tune, Tunes, Two

The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.

Money, Walk, Walking, Walks

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

Coffee, Men, Cigarette, Man, Combination

I spent most of the eighties, most of my life, riding around in somebody else's car, in possession of, or ingested of, something illegal, on my way from something illegal to something illegal with many illegal things happening all around me

Car, Illegal Things, Riding, Way

A lot of young musicians get the money at the wrong time. They get it for something they don’t feel great about, and it’ll make you feel so bad it’ll destroy you and kill you.

Bad, Destroy, Feels, Musician, Time, Young

I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free.

Dad, House, Mom, Person, Running

I don't get my bliss by listening over and over to people in the street thinking, "Boy, is it that good?" Even though every time I hear it that's what I think. But I get it in human situations. There is this little voice that is going, "The reason you're able to enjoy your life now is that you made it in rock'n'roll and people are giving you free visas all over the place. Dude, you are being spoiled".

Boys, Giving, People, Street, Thinking

If I had to depend on what I actually get from sales, I'd be tending bar between sets.

Actually, Bars, Depend, Depends, Ifs, Sets

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

Eggs, Fist, Fists, Hit, Joints, Onstage

I'm not the kind of person who could join AA or have rules for myself or on Thursday take this vitamin pill. So, basically, I learned the hard way. I learned by trial and error, and tried to get drugs out of my work. That took about a year. If I was going to work, it was best that I be straight. And I was surprised at what came out.

Drug, Drugs, Errors, Tried, Vitamin, Years

I'm a travel enthusiast.

Enthusiast, Travel

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 in thinking of a sound I wanted. So, it's no surprise to me that he got the hit and I didn't. But what I realized was that he did dress it up nicely, and my god, he does sing on key well.

Hit, Ideas, Key, Keys, Sing, Thinking

Well, I don't use the toilet much to pee in. I almost always pee in the yard or the garden, because I like to pee on my estate.

Garden, Yards, Use, Toilet, Like

In 1965, when great young white artists in the English-speaking world were successfully re-channeling hillbilly and black music - you know Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards - they didn't get any money at first. They were all broke.

Artist, Artists, Black, Keith, Richards, White

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