If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, thatโs such a rare gift. Itโs underestimated at this point in history, when the music biz is inevitably turning into a kind of politics.
Iggy PopAnd if somebody's going to produce me, they should be producing my sound for me. And that's something I have to come up with myself.
Iggy PopI 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 spending time concentrating on my voice. I figured I'd get on, make as many quick movement as possible, dance my ass off for five minutes, move into the insult portion of the evening, and then, at the end, create some kind of chaos until the 55 minutes were up.
Iggy Pop