Iggy Azalea, born Amethyst Amelia Kelly in 1990 in Sydney, Australia, is an Australian rapper, singer, and songwriter. She gained global recognition with her 2014 debut album, “The New Classic,” featuring hit singles like “Fancy” and “Black Widow.” Before her music career, Azalea garnered attention through viral YouTube videos. Moving to the United States in 2006, she signed with Grand Hustle Records in 2012. Despite success, Azalea faced controversies, particularly concerning cultural appropriation and her authenticity as a rapper. Throughout her career, she has released music and been involved in various entertainment projects.
Iggy Azalea Quotes
1. “Really good things take time to grow. Foundation is not built over night.”
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2. “No one can break me down. I know my worth and its a beautiful thing.”
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3. “First things first, I’m da realest.”
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4. “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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5. “Pledge allegiance to the struggle.”
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6. “No money, no family, 16 in the middle of Miami.”
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7. “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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8. “Anyone’s happier when they’re not being verbally abused all day long.”
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9. “I always say: ‘Share your happiness with the world, give other people that happiness and let it come back,’ but some things make me question it. I don’t know if I want some people to know that I am happy. I think a lot of people want to take it away from you, and that’s really scary.”
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10. “There’s a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.”
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11. “I love purple because my name is Amethyst.”
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12. “Whenever my country has something bad happening I feel guilty for not being there. It’s weird.”
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13. “I naturally want to be provocative.”
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14. “My real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.”
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15. “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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16. “Women in music have the bigger balls anyhow we endure much more harassment and critic.”
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17. “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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18. “I’m irrational about all things creative, and I’m always late!”
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19. “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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20. “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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21. “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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22. “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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23. “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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24. “I’d known since about eleven that I wanted to live in America.”
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25. “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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26. “We don’t really watch basketball in Australia.”
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27. “Not every artist is a role model.”
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28. “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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29. “I think that music is still art, even if it’s commercialised.”
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30. “I love musk oil. There’s something about musk that makes it memorable without being overpowering.”
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31. “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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32. “I really like ‘Roar’ and ‘Dark Horse.’ ‘Dark Horse’ I really like, and I feel I would sing that in the bathroom; I would buy that album, and I think Katy Perry’s amazing!”
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33. “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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34. “Being talked about like a package – I feel like that all the time.”
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