Our time is almost up. Is he still pals with Bowie? “No.” When did he last see him? “I can’t remember. I spoke with him on the phone about seven years ago, he got my number and we caught up, had a very cordial, nice conversation. He’s living a certain life, I’m living a certain life, there’s not a cross there right now.”

Iggy Pop at 62, Times Online, 17 April 2010. Interview by Robert Crampton