Here’s a little snippet from a recent New York Times interview with Iggy Pop:

Many date the birth of punk rock to a show the Stooges played in London in 1972, which was seen by founding members of the Clash and the Sex Pistols. What did you think when the punks started releasing music a few years later?
I reacted to it better than I had to the hippie thing. As it developed, I couldn’t stand the sincere punks. I never believed them. Still don’t.

The sincere punks?
Like the Clash were going to make the world politically correct for everybody’s benefit — but only if you kept buying Clash records. I never really went for the righteousness. I went more for the profligate, sneering groups. I also realized that it was good that I wasn’t doing that sort of music anymore. In penile, postpubescent rock, the generation is five years; it’s not 25 years. It would have been worse if I was still knocking out stuff that sounded like my first record but not as good.

It’s interesting that you call it “penile rock,” because your penis seems central to your image. You’re known for having had a lot of sex.
I wish I could have had more.
 
Read the rest of The Taming of the Stooge: Iggy Pop Isn’t Ready to Give Up the Carnal Life.