What do you do with a lifetime of work? Face it in the morning.

When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, were very artificial.

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 realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop.

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.

Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.

Miami's never been more than a spit from New York.

Bowie's a real man, and I'm a real woman - just like Catherine Deneuve.