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I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
Iggy Pop
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Iggy Pop
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 21
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James Newell Osterberg
James Newell Osterberg Jr.
James Osterberg
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Well, it wasn't like I was going to run out and score heroin and score an ounce of coke - but incidentally, on the road, I would usually get tanked up and as stoned as I possibly could to go on stage. And offstage, it would be a demon that would come up about twice a week.
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I try to beat back the producers and engineers so they - there's not an excess of stuff used to squeeze my voice to make it artificial. There's a person in there, and people will listen if they hear another person speak to them, they'll listen because it's lonely out here.
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