Nicki Minaj

Bitches don’t know if they wanna hate you or be you. Lemme change that. Bitches hate you cuz know they’ll never be you.

I came into this industry and demanded more. I wanted more for female rappers. I wanted more for black women. I wanted to make more than what men were making. And I did it. I did it

There are things that I do that feminists don’t like, and there are things that I do that they do like. I don’t label myself.

I feel like true icons shift music, uplift music, switch music, have the balls to take a chance.

I only mentioned people in Barbie Dreams that I f**k wit. This isn’t a diss. Yikes. This is culture, this is BIGGIE!!!!! New York!!!! This is FUN. Light hearted fun.

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

[On trying to get out of the part of June Carter Cash in Walk the Line] I called my attorney. My agent. My manager. I said “You know y’all, you’re serious about this? I’m really.. I gotta get out of this. Like can’t they call ‘Leann Rimes’? I mean she’s good.

Led Zeppelin was a very sensitive and beautiful animal beast.

To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.

While making Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, I had like 50 outfit changes. It was great! I’m real into the whole “girlie” thing, it was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed it.

[on sleeping with Trump] I’m very food-motivated. That’s why I stayed and held out for so long because I was told there would be snacks. I was starving! Maybe that’s part of why I was easy prey because I was light-headed.

I think some fans want everything to stay they same because they want to stay the same.

The Troubadour was the only place where you could go and showcase for record companies. If you were lucky you might get to sing three or four songs that night.

I really wasn’t heavy in high school. But no one feels right in their own skin, particularly in high school.

At least when the race starts, he’ll know where they’re all at because they’ll all be in front of him.

To be on this set today, I feel very blessed for the second chance and for the opportunity, my record company believing in me and everybody here just showing me so much love and support.

Possibly the whole creative whirlwind of any musician’s life is based on garnering and developing and absorbing more and more experience.

That had her lip-syncing to a record… There was no protection for her as a person or as an artist…

I think too many people look at the arts with a religious outlook. Arts, music, singing and performing, it’s all make-believe.

I’m often mistaken for Spanish or Latin descent.

Does anyone remember laughter?