Cardi B

A lot of people always question, ‘What else can she do, what else can she do?’ And I’m going to show you

I feel beautiful without makeup on, but when I do put makeup on, it just gives me this extra pop.

I wanna hear myself everywhere

A h** neva gets cold

I don’t care about anyone not liking me, you b**thes barely like yourselves.

I’m bout this shmoney!

[on B.B. King] He is without a doubt the most important artist the blues has ever produced, and the most humble and genuine man you would ever wish to meet. In terms of scale or stature, I believe that if Robert Johnson was reincarnated, he is probably B.B. King.

For most dates I was paid the sum of $1 per hr and they always tipped me at the end of the night.

It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.

When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, ‘That’s just that ole blues singer.’

After two takes you’re imitating yourself.

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today.

My improvisations are a beguiling mixture of the vertical and the horizontal.

However it goes, I’ll just keep playing. That’s where the basic satisfaction is at.

The blues comes right back to a person’s feelings, to his daily activities in life. But rich people don’t know nothing about the blues, please believe me.

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.

I thought of nothing else but rock ‘n’ roll; apart from sex and food and money–but that’s all the same thing, really.

Your accompanist has a lot to do with how you sing, so experiment and choose your partner wisely.

We don’t talk music. We just play.

I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It’s time for that, because whites have been doing it all the time. It’s time for us to do it ourselves and tell it like it is.

If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.