Even as a fan, as someone who's into his performances, the Stooges and his own stuff, Iggy [Pop] … - Babatunde Adebimpe

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Babatunde Adebimpe

Even as a fan, as someone who's into his performances, the Stooges and his own stuff, Iggy [Pop] is one of the people who kept underlining something that a lot of my older musician friends with punk roots say: you get into this space in your life where you feel like a weirdo, you're marginalised, you don't fit in. . . and then you can get up on stage in front of people who probably hate you.

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