I just kinda do what I feel. I never knew what lane I would fill, [or that] I would fill a lane at all. I didn't even really contemplate that far down the road. I just started having fun, and a lot of that came from me seeing Wayne dare to be different, and I started feeling like I can be a multifaceted rapper. I don't have to be a one-dimensional female rapper. Once I put that in perspective, it was like everything just got easier for me, because I no longer wanted to fit in anybody's box... I just wanted to be Nicki.

Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I am like, 'This is a high-top day' or 'This is a bob day,' but when I get my clothes on that's when I see.

I cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey. What people don't understand is that I've looked up to her for so many years.

I can always remember standing up to the baddest girls in my elementary school. Wherever I went, there was always a mean girl, and that girl would always hate me because I wouldn’t bow down.

Now get that Rose, get that get that Rose A little Hennessy & Louis the Thirteenth

Got the eye of the tiger, the lion of Judah

"Forget Barbie, f-ck Nicki she's fake. She's on a diet", but my pockets eating cheese cake.