Basically, I’m A Musical Vocalist, But I

The Most Successful Stuff Is Sold To You As Indispensable Social Information. The Message In The Music Is, 'we Are Terribly, Terribly Slick And Suave, And If You Listen To Us, You Can Probably Get A Leg Up In Society, Too.'

I Think That All The Years Of Exposure To Amps And Electricity Has Altered My Body Chemistry.

I Became Iggy Because I Had A Sadistic Boss At A Record Store. I'd Been In A Band Called The Iguanas. And When This Boss Wanted To Embarrass And Demean Me, He'd Say, 'iggy, Get Me A Coffee, Light.'

I Don't Get My Bliss By Listening Over And Over To People In The Street Thinking, "boy, Is It That Good?" Even Though Every Time I Hear It That's What I Think. But I Get It In Human Situations. There Is This Little Voice That Is Going, "the Reason You're Able To Enjoy Your Life Now Is That You Made It In Rock'n'roll And People Are Giving You Free Visas All Over The Place. Dude, You Are Being Spoiled".

I Feel A Great Comfort And Relief Knowing That There Are Others Who Lived And Died And Thought And Fought So Long Ago; I Feel Less Tyrannized By The Present Day.