Azealia Banks On The Cover Of Paper Magazine’s Music Issue

The June 2012 issue of the illustrious Paper magazine features Azealia Banks, rocking playful sexy looks she opens up about music success and what it takes to make in the business:

“The music industry is like a machine,” she says. “It’s always going, and this new generation of artists — me, A$AP Rocky, Rita Ora — we’re the fuel that’s keeping it going. And once you get in that machine you’ve gotta run with it. There’s a crazy inertia that’s been going for years and years and years, and it’s not gonna stop for you, so you’ve gotta keep fucking working. The minute you stop working, that’s when you get stuck in the gears. And that’s when it grinds you up and spits you out.” But doesn’t that constant work leave zero time for normal-person stuff? “That’s what you give up when you sign that contract,” Banks replies. “This hustle and bustle becomes your normal-person shit.”

Read  more over at Paper and see images on the flip.