“Very few people recognized the quality of the Stooges' songwriting, it was really meticulous. And to his credit, the only person I'd ever known of in print to notice it, among my peers of professional musicians, was Bowie. He noticed it right off, and he listed us as his favorites in some music poll. Somebody showed it to me and I said, 'Who the fuck is that? Never heard of him!'”

Iggy Pop, Raw Power liner notes, 1997