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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.