When I grew up I saw females doing certain things, and I thought I had to do that exactly. The female rappers of my day spoke about sex a lot . . . and I thought that to have the success they got, I would have to represent the same thing. When in fact I didn’t have to represent the same thing.

White girls tell me Hey Nicki your camp rules! Is that why you get more head than shampoos?

Take me shoppin in France and he pay in advance.

The people that are inclined to hate are also inclined to belosers. A loser could never congratulate a winner – it’s not in them

I hate cameras. I hate cameras and I hate camera phones. The camera's my worst enemy and my best friend. It's the way I convey my emotions to the world without saying a word, so I use it. People always say, 'You come alive as soon as the camera's on!'

I want people - especially young girls - to know that in life, nothing is going to be based on sex appeal. You've got to have something else to go with that.

Oh that's what he left? Let his mama pick it up. Might back up on it, VROOM VROOM wit the pick-up truck.