Music is art to me, and you don’t censor art. You don’t go into a museum and censor things.
IGGY AZALEAWhenever my country has something bad happening I feel guilty for not being there. It’s weird.
More Iggy Azalea Quotes
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Being talked about like a package – I feel like that all the time.
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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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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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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.
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I’d known since about eleven that I wanted to live in America.
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Women in music have the bigger balls anyhow we endure much more harassment and critic.
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I naturally want to be provocative.
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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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At 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.
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Not every artist is a role model.
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I think that music is still art, even if it’s commercialised.
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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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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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My real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.
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Anyone’s happier when they’re not being verbally abused all day long.
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