There’s a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.
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.
More Iggy Azalea Quotes
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I love purple because my name is Amethyst.
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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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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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Music is art to me, and you don’t censor art. You don’t go into a museum and censor things.
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Not every artist is a role model.
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I’d known since about eleven that I wanted to live in America.
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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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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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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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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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No money, no family, 16 in the middle of Miami.
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I’m irrational about all things creative and I’m always late!
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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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I think that music is still art, even if it’s commercialised.
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