Iggy Pop

“I'm a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm.”

“Punk rock is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, and the bodies, and the hearts and the souls and the time and the minds, of young men who give everything they have to it.”

“The key to my survival has been that I'm a minimalist.”

“To be a punk is to be a rebel, and that's what I am.”

“The only thing that's new is the history you don't know.”

“The future is a moving target.”

“I'm not interested in being a role model. I'm interested in being myself.”

“I'm a survivor. I'm a cockroach. You can't kill me.”

“I've always been an outsider. I've never been a part of any scene.”

“I'm not a big fan of the word 'celebrity.' I'm a worker.”

“I've got a lust for life.”

“What you do is you just keep your eyes open and you see what's happening and you just try to tell the truth. And that's all I'm trying to do.”

“Music is life! It's acting. It's painting. It's sculpture. It's fundraising. It's community building. It's helping people. It's everything.”

“I don't think I'm a star. I'm just a guy who was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. I've been lucky. I've been very lucky.”

“You can't control the audience. You can only give them a good show.”

“I'm a punk rocker. I don't do ballads.”

“I don't mind being called a legend. I just don't want to be a dead one.”

“I am a passenger. And I ride and I ride.”

“The stage is my home. It's where I belong.”

“Rock and roll is a contact sport.”