I love purple because my name is Amethyst.
IGGY AZALEAIggy’ 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.
More Iggy Azalea Quotes
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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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Luxury lives in the finer details. It’s a cloth napkin at a dinner table. It’s a mint on your pillow before bed.
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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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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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Being talked about like a package – I feel like that all the time.
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I love musk oil. There’s something about musk that makes it memorable without being overpowering.
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I naturally want to be provocative.
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There’s a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.
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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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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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No money, no family, 16 in the middle of Miami.
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Really good things take time to grow. Foundation is not built over night.
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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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First things first, I’m da realest.
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