I think that prosecuting some college kid because she shared a file is a lot like sending somebody to Australia 200 years ago for poaching his lordship's rabbit. That's how it must seem to poor people who just want to watch a crappy movie for free after theyโve been working themselves to death all day at Tesco or whatever, you know.
Iggy PopAt university, I had been obsessed with reading about the lives of Rimbaud and Baudelaire, and I was steeped in the crazy poets, and I came to view my early subjects through that prism.
Iggy PopSomething I like to do a lot is just sit by water when thereโs a current and just stare into the water. I donโt fish, I donโt hunt, I donโt scuba, I donโt spear, donโt boat, donโt play basketball or football โ I excel at staring into space. Iโm really good at that.
Iggy PopMy general take on American music since 1969 is that it's just getting stiffer and people are getting more uptight - audience, performance, and palace guard.
Iggy PopI 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".
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