Iggy Pop: Good Lyrics and Concerts Take 15 Minutes or Less
It’s hard to pass up posting all the great quotes Iggy Pop keeps throwing out there in his promotional interviews for Préliminaires, so here we go: Today’s quote kind of follows in the same vein as Pop’s slamming of intellectual rock stars last week. When it comes to writing lyrics or playing shows, he says you shouldn’t waste your time.
“Good lyrics take 15 minutes or less,” Pop told Paste Magazine’s Xavier Martin. “Any longer, it’s probably shitty.”