At a press conference in Cannes to promote Jim Jarmusch’s new Stooges documentary “Gimme Danger,” Iggy Pop let lose on modern music and the music industry that supports it.
On digital: “The digital age has made collecting money so incredibly efficient. When we started our band we didn’t know what publishing was. Now you can push a button and get rich quick.
On Analog & EDM: He compared analog technology to “throwing an amp into the spirit of man,” and the frowned while mimicking a techno beat. “It’s like: woah, you know! Why don’t I just die now.”
A Product Of The Times: Pop said that “a product of my times” took so much acid that he can’t remember much of his past.
On Over stimulation: ““If everyone could just calm the fuck down a little bit that would be good. There’s a stimulation today that’s really intense.”
Excerpts via The Guardian