For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that’s what art is.
IGGY AZALEAAt the very worst, if I have a short-lived career, at least I could say I sparked a change – that I inspired some leniency in what people accept in hip-hop. And if I have a very long career and can be gyrating in a leotard at 35, that would be great.
More Iggy Azalea Quotes
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Iggy’ was my dog – he was named after Iggy Pop – and ‘Azalea’ is the street where I grew up; together, they have the right amount of syllables to make the perfect name.
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I started rapping since, like, 14. But I’ve been obsessed with rap from when I was 11. I heard ‘Baby Don’t Cry,’ I’ll never forget.
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My real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.
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T.I.’s my mentor; he’s a really close friend of mine. I call him my brother like we talk on the phone all the time. He’s helped me with my career.
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Anyone’s happier when they’re not being verbally abused all day long.
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Women in music have the bigger balls anyhow we endure much more harassment and critic.
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Being talked about like a package – I feel like that all the time.
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People think I’m more wild than I am. I like going to theme parks, play sports or just hanging out with my friends.
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I love purple because my name is Amethyst.
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Once you go great, you never go good..You never go back, even if you could.
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I found it to be kind of ironic, because I’m white, therefore I’m appropriating culture, but then Eminem won it – who’s white and won it many times – and they didn’t seem to say anything about that. I suspect it was just because they dislike me.
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A lot of people heard ‘Murda Business’ and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it’s kind of silly and playful.
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It’s a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
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I’d known since about eleven that I wanted to live in America.
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Pledge allegiance to the struggle.
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