I would be lying if I said I don't like to look sexy. But then there are some days when I don't want to look or feel sexy.
Nicki MinajAs a little girl growing up in Southside Jamaica Queens, if anyone would've told me I'd have my own perfume one day, and be able to inspire young black girls everywhere, to go into Macy's or Nordstrom's and see their face staring back at them - I wouldn't believe them.
Nicki MinajAs a designer, you always take facets of different people and you mix them together with your own thoughts and information and creativity and passion.
Nicki MinajI wouldn't even say the internet is a gift and a curse for hip-hop. All types of music are bootlegged, including movies which are bootlegged.
Nicki MinajI looked at people like Lil Wayne. I would go to the studio and I would observe Wayne, and I would literally pray. I would say 'God, give me his work ethic'.
Nicki MinajPink Friday is a celebration of my life at this moment; it is a reflection of me as a creator, and an expression of me as a woman.
Nicki MinajWhen you're a girl, you have to be everything, You have to be dope at what you do, but you have to be super sweet, and you have to be sexy, and you have to be this and you have to be that and you have to be nice, and you have to - it's like, I can't be all of those things at once. I'm a human being.
Nicki MinajI get a handsome amount. I could definitely buy a car off one of my guest appearances. & I'm not talking about a Hyundai.
Nicki MinajI was in them million dollar meetings, he was cheatin. All up in the church, he was sneakin wit the deacon.
Nicki MinajIn the history of the hip hop world...there has been one, single, solitary human being in the history of the world. One female rapper to sell more albums than me in the first week.
Nicki MinajMy rule is, whatever you were calling me four years ago is what you should be calling me now, because I don't like it when my family or close friends call me Nicki Minaj. To me I'm not Nicki Minaj when I'm with them.
Nicki MinajI really, really don't think that, outside of maybe some pink wigs, [that] there's anything that separates me from every other woman in America.
Nicki MinajI grew up in the south of Italy, next to the sea, which was a great place to grow up. The type of life we lived there was very relaxing. Just very fun, open-minded people. It was all very sociable and low-key.
Nicki MinajSometimes I want to just pull the off switch, but you can't because if you go outside, you have to give people your all. You can't say, 'Oh, you know what? I'm not feeling good today.' No. No one's trying to hear that. When a woman comes up to you and says, 'Hey, my daughter's your biggest fan. Can we have a picture?' You can't say no.
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