Music is art to me, and you don’t censor art. You don’t go into a museum and censor things.
IGGY AZALEAI’ve never heard a man in a suit tell me what to wear; that’s not their forte. You hire your stylist; whatever someone’s image is as an artist is what they’ve chosen to portray.
More Iggy Azalea Quotes
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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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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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Pledge allegiance to the struggle.
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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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My management team are all women. Most of the people at labels I liaise with are all women. It’s pretty much all women all the time.
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There’s a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.
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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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There’s an obligation to not lead people down the wrong path, but I hardly think me wearing short shorts on stage is creating monsters.
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Not every artist is a role model.
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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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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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I’m irrational about all things creative and I’m always late!
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No one can break me down. I know my worth and its a beautiful thing.
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I naturally want to be provocative.
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Really good things take time to grow. Foundation is not built over night.
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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’ve never heard a man in a suit tell me what to wear; that’s not their forte. You hire your stylist; whatever someone’s image is as an artist is what they’ve chosen to portray.
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I love musk oil. There’s something about musk that makes it memorable without being overpowering.
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No money, no family, 16 in the middle of Miami.
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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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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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Being talked about like a package – I feel like that all the time.
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I think that music is still art, even if it’s commercialised.
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Whenever my country has something bad happening I feel guilty for not being there. It’s weird.
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First things first, I’m da realest.
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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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