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The key to The Doors is the culture behind the myth.

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Iggy Pop
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 21
Actor
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Songwriter
Muskegon
Michigan
James Newell Osterberg
James Newell Osterberg Jr.
James Osterberg
Keys
Doors
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Behind
Culture
Myth

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I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
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What do you do with a lifetime of work? Face it in the morning.
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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
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Look, you're here to see me, and I can't go on until my dealer is here, and he's waiting to be paid, so give me some money so I can fix up, and then you'll get your show.
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It's the same thing: I would think, If I can't go out and pull some teenager tonight, maybe I'm no good on stage anymore. And you start to think that you even need it as a motivation. I did, anyway.
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I'm bored, I'm the chairman of the board.
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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.
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Second only to the sea, the Miami sky has been the greatest comfort in my life past 50. On a good day, when the wind blows from the south, the light here is diffuse and forgiving.
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My 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.
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I don't think I'm lucky I think I have a tough constitution. That's a lot of it. And I've been wise enough to listen to other people. I was unconsciously cultivating as many straight friends as I could.
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When I get up in the morning, I stay nude for three or four hours. If I really feel like getting formal, I'll put on board shorts.
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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.
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If I don't terrorize, I'm not Pop.
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I think that all the years of exposure to amps and electricity has altered my body chemistry.
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I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.
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I've probably been spit on more that any person alive outside of, I would say, a member of the prison system.
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I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
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Studios are like hospitals. A lot of people check in, and they don't check out.
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It's fair to say that I have a side that is prudent and a side that is not.
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I'm a travel enthusiast.
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