Nicki Minaj

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The fact that I am a young woman who doesn’t need a man for money. I don’t need a man for a job. I’ve never had to f**k for beats. I’ve never had to f**k for a record deal. I don’t have those pressures. I get up when I want, shop when I want.

I love being able to say, I’m not American, I’m Trini. I think it gives me so much more depth.

No matter how tired I am, whenever I see you guys, my energy goes to a billion.

I love artists who take risks-I think they inspire everybody else about horrible situations that no one wants to discuss.

I like you baby, just not more than my work right now

Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they’ve got nothing to lose.

It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live tv.

My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn’t know how to cry. Simple.

They always ask me the same questions. Where was I born? When did I start singing? Who have I worked with? I don’t understand why they can’t just talk to me without all that question bit.

I guess each relationship is different. That’s what I love about relationships. Even when they end, you’ve learned so very much, so much to take into your next relationship and to take into your life. It’s the greatest thing that comes out of an ending – so it depends on the person.

Sometimes people expect that I’m going to be tough. It’s not a bad situation. People treat you better. People are on time.

No matter what we say, entertainers are usually quite insecure, wobbly characters underneath, and maybe that bit of glory or that bit of expression or whatever it is compensates in some area.

Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn’t know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a Hillary flunky who lost big. For the 100th time, I never mockeda disabled reporter (would never do that) but simply showed him grovellingwhen he totally changed a 16 year old story that he had written in order to make me look bad. Just more very dishonest media!

Being good is about being an all-round contributor in the great world of music.

Denver’s pretty quick. They couldn’t keep up with him in the open field.

[on Kylie Jenner’s cover shoot] I need a half hour to cry

Trump’s presidency is like one of his handshakes: it pulls you in whether you like it or not.

Because sex is like boxing, if one of the parties didn’t agree to participate, the other one is committing a crime.

I’d love to do a musical, either in film or on stage.

The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records.