--- title: "1 Years Struggling Quotes By Iggy Pop" description: "1 Years Struggling quotes by Iggy Pop. Plus more from Iggy Pop and more Years Struggling sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/iggy-pop-3990_different_the-problem-being-for-years-i-was-strugg_1954643.png" --- > [The problem being: for years I was struggling - first to prove that I had any talent, then to create some skills and finally to fulfil it reasonably. But then once I got there it was, "OK. I did that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/the-problem-being-for-years-i-was-struggling-first-to-prove-that-i/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/iggy-pop-3990_different_the-problem-being-for-years-i-was-strugg_1954643.png) ## More by Iggy Pop > [I think that prosecuting some college kid because she shared a file is a lot like sending somebody to Australia 200 years ago for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/i-think-that-prosecuting-some-college-kid-because-she-shared-a-file/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > [Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water. I don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/something-i-like-to-do-a-lot-is-just-sit-by-water-when-there-s-a/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > [I stayed in L.A. long enough to get on my feet, and then I moved back to New York. The reason I moved here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/i-stayed-in-l-a-long-enough-to-get-on-my-feet-and-then-i-moved-back/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > [I'm not a singer, a walking instrument like Aretha Franklin. When you get an Iggy Pop record, you don't get "Iggy Sings." I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/i-m-not-a-singer-a-walking-instrument-like-aretha-franklin-when-you/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > [Well, I don't use the toilet much to pee in. I almost always pee in the yard or the garden, because I like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/well-i-don-t-use-the-toilet-much-to-pee-in-i-almost-always-pee-in-the/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > [What did Christ really do? He hung out with hard-drinking fishermen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/what-did-christ-really-do-he-hung-out-with-hard-drinking-fishermen/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > [There was a time when I wanted to get out of the Western world. I went down to Grenada and looked at a place,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/there-was-a-time-when-i-wanted-to-get-out-of-the-western-world-i-went/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > ['Punk rock' is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts, the souls,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/punk-rock-is-a-word-used-by-dilettantes-and-heartless-manipulators/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > [I'm not the kind of person that likes to be dependent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/i-m-not-the-kind-of-person-that-likes-to-be-dependent/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > [What do you do with a lifetime of work? Face it in the morning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/what-do-you-do-with-a-lifetime-of-work-face-it-in-the-morning/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/in-1965-when-great-young-white-artists-in-the-english-speaking-world/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/when-i-get-up-in-the-morning-i-stay-nude-for-three-or-four-hours-if-i/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > [I smoked this joint and then it hit me. I thought, what you gotta do is play your own simply blues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/i-smoked-this-joint-and-then-it-hit-me-i-thought-what-you-gotta-do-is/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > [Well, after Zombie Birdhouse came out, I toured behind it in the fall of 1982, into the spring, and in the summer in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/well-after-zombie-birdhouse-came-out-i-toured-behind-it-in-the-fall/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) > [I wasn't so stupid that I didn't realize the implications of what they were saying. In my live work I was going for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iggy-pop/i-wasn-t-so-stupid-that-i-didn-t-realize-the-implications-of-what/) [Iggy Pop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iggy-pop/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years-struggling/iggy-pop/#itemlist", "name": "1 Years Struggling Quotes By Iggy Pop", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The problem being: for years I was struggling - first to prove that I had any talent, then to create some skills and finally to fulfil it reasonably. But then once I got there it was, \"OK. I did that, but I want to be happy.\" And that's a whole different deal. It's kind of like a dance. Being active seems to help. 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