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10 quotes by Mick Rock

This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (June 2014) Mick Rock (born 1948 in London, England) is a British photographer best known for his iconic shots of rock and roll legends such as Queen, David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Joan Jett,...
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It's a miracle that David Bowie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop are actually still alive today, given how hard they lived.

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I do not use the word 'genius' lightly, but if David Bowie is not a genius, then there is no such thing.

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Every morning I stand on my head and do a yoga workout.

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I did not want to be somebody who lived off his reputation. I wanted to continue to be part of the modern music scene.

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My allegiance was always to the act. I wanted them to be happy. I wasn't owned by a magazine or a record label. And I was a very naughty boy to... →

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Newspapers and magazines didn't want pictures of musicians behaving badly back then. Now, because of the Internet, that's all the media wants.

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People think: 'If this photographer's looking like a big jerk-off, maybe it's okay if I do.' I like to catch my subjects off balance... →

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It's funny because unlike back in the seventies when I made hardly any money, today I could just live off the past if I wanted to. I have no... →

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I'd photographed musicians before but this was different. Syd was very charismatic, and he had the aura of a poete maudit, which made him the... →

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Somebody had given me a copy of 'Hunky Dory,' which had yet to be a hit, although it was starting to percolate. I'd seen a couple of... →

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