Nicki Minaj Quotes And Sayings

I Know Right Now She Has No Idea Who I Am, But I'd Like To Collaborate With Enya One Day. Of Course I'd Love To Work With Jay-z, Maybe Even Phil Collins. I Love His Voice.

I Cannot Hold A Grudge Against Mariah Carey. What People Don't Understand Is That I've Looked Up To Her For So Many Years.

I Went Through A Lot Of Bullying Early On. Girls Made My Life A Living Hell. We Had Come To America From A Different Country. My Brother And I Had Accents. It Was Very Tough.

I'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.

My 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.

I Can Rap In A London Accent, Make Weird Faces, Wear Spandex, Wigs, And Black Lipstick. I Can Be More Creative Than The Average Male Rapper.

My Goal In The Beginning Was To Buy My Mother A House. Now I Realize, Okay, If I Really Focus And Become A Key Player In Business, Then I Can Build An Empire.

I'm Just Happy That 'Idol' Producers Gave Me A Shot On The Show And To Be Able To Show Who I Really Was, Because I Feel Like I'm Every Single Woman.

The Animated Bug Has Bitten Pop Culture. It Makes Me Feel Happy And Free. When You Don't Act Seriously, You Can Make Up Your Own Rules.

My Best And Worst 'Idol' Moments? I Don't Have A Worst 'Idol' Moment... I've Been Spectacular. Yes, I Am Going To Toot My Own Horn. And Then My Best Moment Is Every Single Moment. I'll Toot It Again!

I've Gotten Tons Of Awards And I Believe When It's My Time To Get A Grammy, I'll Get A Grammy.

Lavender Is The New Pink. I'll Never Stop Wearing Pink But I Wanted To Venture Out.

I Don't Put Cash In My Louis Vuitton Wallet. I Have It Thrown Around My Bag - Jut A Whole Bunch Of Hundreds, Maybe $5,000.

One Of The First Production Deals I Signed, The Guy Wanted My Name To Be Minaj And I Fought Him Tooth And Nail. But He Convinced Me. I've Always Hated It.

I Vowed That I'd Never Allow Any Man To Control Me Or To Be An Alcoholic Or Anything Like That Around Me, Because I Don't Want My Children Seeing That.

If People Are Sitting In The Barbershop Talking About My Butt, It's Conversational. That's What People Are Gonna Do.

My Advice To Women In General: Even If You're Doing A Nine-to-five Job, Treat Yourself Like A Boss. Not Arrogant, But Be Sure Of What You Want - And Don't Allow People To Run Anything For You Without Your Knowledge.

My Goal The Whole Time Has Been For People To See Me As A Stand-alone Artist. I Came Out With Young Money, The Biggest Hip-hop Label In The World At The Time. And Then It Was, 'How Do I Branch Away From Lil Wayne?'

Who Doesn't Love Enya? Whenever I'm In A Trying Time, She Is The Calm In The Middle Of The Storm. If I Put Her On, I'll Be In This Crazy Peaceful State. I Love Her Style. And Her Harmonies Are Freaking Genius.

I Happen To Be A Pessimist, And Maybe That's A Good Thing Because I Don't Stop To Smell The Roses - Which Is Not A Good Personal Thing. I Don't Stop And Enjoy Those Moments... Always On To The Next And Never In The Moment.