I love purple because my name is Amethyst.
IGGY AZALEAI love purple because my name is Amethyst.
IGGY AZALEAThere’s an obligation to not lead people down the wrong path, but I hardly think me wearing short shorts on stage is creating monsters.
IGGY AZALEAT.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.
IGGY AZALEAMy 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.
IGGY AZALEAPledge allegiance to the struggle.
IGGY AZALEAWhenever my country has something bad happening I feel guilty for not being there. It’s weird.
IGGY AZALEAI 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.
IGGY AZALEANot every artist is a role model.
IGGY AZALEAI 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.
IGGY AZALEAFor 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 AZALEAI love musk oil. There’s something about musk that makes it memorable without being overpowering.
IGGY AZALEAI think music talks to you on an emotional level, regardless of where you’re from. I guess I related to the tempo of rap, the aggressiveness.
IGGY AZALEAOnce you go great, you never go good..You never go back, even if you could.
IGGY AZALEAA 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.
IGGY AZALEAMusic is art to me, and you don’t censor art. You don’t go into a museum and censor things.
IGGY AZALEAReally good things take time to grow. Foundation is not built over night.
IGGY AZALEA