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.
Nicki MinajI'm in the collard green 6 cornbread in the guts Got the Halloween kicks trick or treat in the clutch
Nicki MinajI say nice things about Mariah Carey all the time. I tell Mariah all the time how much of a fan I am of her. She's one of my favorite artists of all time... She's shaped a generation of singers.
Nicki MinajSaid that I was your all and I believed you. That's why it hurts to the core I gotta leave you.
Nicki MinajSo, my happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle.
Nicki MinajYou have to know that as long as you love who you are - your morals, your values, that type of stuff - you're OK.
Nicki MinajMay the Lord protect me as the world gets hectic. My voice projected, my life reflected.
Nicki MinajWell my name Nicki & it's nice to meet ya, if you really wanna know I'll give you my procedure. Got a whole bunch of pretty game in my clique, and we looking for some ballers: alopecia
Nicki MinajStill I rise Still I fight Still I might crack a smile Keep my eyes on the prize See my haters tell em hi
Nicki MinajPeople don't know how heavily involved I am in my own career. I'm on 15 to 25 conference calls every few days strategizing with my team. I think a lot of artists sit back and have it done for them. Sometimes as women in the industry - if you're sexy or like doing sexy things - some people subconsciously negate your brain. They think you're stupid.
Nicki MinajThis one goes out to all my critics: don't you feel stupid? Look how I did it. Look how it came to pass when I said it.
Nicki MinajI feel like [throughout] my entire career and life, that I've been judged by people who really did not know me. But I definitely think that they probably were right to assume what they had assumed about me, because there was so little to go on out there. If you only see videos of me being crazy and hearing little things here and there, then obviously you're not going to have any idea who I really am.
Nicki MinajWe all love to see women on top, and as the record shows, this next powerful woman is always on top. She does it all by living for love.
Nicki MinajDidn't know what I was doing but I put on a cape Now it's which world tour should I go on & take
Nicki MinajI think that's the biggest misconception - that in order for me to be sexy I have to make sure my boobs are out.
Nicki MinajI don't compare myself to Lil Kim. I'm not doing anything in comparison with any girls. I'm doing Nicki Minaj.
Nicki MinajBut, by just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attention to a female rapper.
Nicki MinajI can't see myself without pink lipstick. I can go without it for a couple of days, but if there was no more pink lipstick in this world, I'd be useless. Seriously.
Nicki MinajI've always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind - because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn't be. I thought, 'If I'm successful, I can change her life.'
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