Musician

I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.

Stages are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and older.

My mom was a saint. She taught me to be terminally nice.

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.'

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.