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.
IGGY AZALEAWomen in music have the bigger balls anyhow we endure much more harassment and critic.
More Iggy Azalea Quotes
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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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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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I 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.
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No one can break me down. I know my worth and its a beautiful thing.
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Being talked about like a package – I feel like that all the time.
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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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I love purple because my name is Amethyst.
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Not every artist is a role model.
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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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Anyone’s happier when they’re not being verbally abused all day long.
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Once you go great, you never go good..You never go back, even if you could.
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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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There’s a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.
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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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No money, no family, 16 in the middle of Miami.
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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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Really good things take time to grow. Foundation is not built over night.
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I’d known since about eleven that I wanted to live in America.
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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 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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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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I love musk oil. There’s something about musk that makes it memorable without being overpowering.
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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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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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I’m irrational about all things creative and I’m always late!
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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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