Best 36 quotes of Iggy Azalea on MyQuotes

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.

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.

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.

Being talked about like a package - I feel like that all the time.

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.

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.

I'd known since about eleven that I wanted to live in America.

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.

'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.

I love musk oil. There's something about musk that makes it memorable without being overpowering.

I love purple because my name is Amethyst.

I'm irrational about all things creative and I'm always late!

I realize that artists can become fatigued from touring the world over, but if it's your first major tour, you've got to buckle down and do it, said Sami Jarroush, a music blogger for Consequence of Sound. Short of suffering from an actual medical emergency, saying you're going to stop performing so you can take a vacation isn't exactly going to make you look good in the eyes of however many fans you have left.

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!

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.

I think its funny when people say a female rapper is too sexually charged, maybe the way I do it is a little more in your face but that's because I have to be aggressive and masculine to make it in the industry. If I talk about sex blatantly, when the mainstream media says it metaphorically every day, it's not okay? It's hypocritical.

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.

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.

Luxury lives in the finer details. It's a cloth napkin at a dinner table. It's a mint on your pillow before bed.

Music is art to me, and you don't censor art. You don't go into a museum and censor things.

My family came to Australia on the First Fleet. My family’s been in that country for a long time, over 100 years. If your family’s lived in Australia for a long time, everyone has a little bit of [Aborigine blood]. I know my family does because we have an eye condition that only Aboriginal people have.

My real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.

No money, no family, 16 in the middle of Miami.

No one can break me down. I know my worth and its a beautiful thing.

Not every artist is a role model.

People think I'm more wild than I am... I like going to theme parks, play sports or just hanging out with my friends.

Pledge allegiance to the struggle.

Really good things take time to grow. Foundation is not built over night.

There's a difference between being yourself and being your stereotype.

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.

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.

We don't really watch basketball in Australia.

Whenever my country has something bad happening I feel guilty for not being there. It's weird.

Women in music have the bigger balls anyhow we endure much more harassment and critic.

So get my money on time, if they not money, decline. I just can't worry 'bout no haters, gotta stay on my grind.

This twisted cat and mouse game always starts the same First we're both down to play and somehow you go astray