Quotes from Lil' Kim

When you are a real artist who is serious about your craft, you love good music. Period.

I always go to church on Sundays and Bible study on Tuesdays.

I love reinventing my music and myself as well, and that's something my fans love about me.

Life's a wheel of fortune and y'all can't buy a vowel.

I'm human, you're human. So they said, but inside we're all animals.

I'm sayin', why spend mine when I can spend yours?

It was a very emotional dinner... Everyone shared personal stories about her and gave her words of encouragement and inspiration. Everyone tried to remain positive.

I know I always say my occupation is not dancing, but dancing is in my heart, dancing makes me feel good.

The artist I wanna be like is Michael Jackson. I'll get the house with the roller coaster and the rides and a disco, and I'll invite all my friends and just stay at home.

But this is Miami, you can't come to Miami and not show any skin. You gotta show something. If you're all covered up in this heat, you're gonna make me pass out out just to look at you. It's sweaty in Miami-but the diamonds will keep me cool.

Honestly, I can't survive without my MAC gloss, pigment - sometimes MAC powder. But definitely my gloss and pigment and liner. I don't do mascara all the time. I do when I wear no lashes. I use the mascara, but when I wear lashes, I don't always do mascara, because it makes it real heavy sometimes.

Money talks. This is the thing, at the end of the day, I do what I have to do, and I'mma keep doing what I have to do.

A lot of the stuff that my father told me not to do, I did it anyway and I ended up learning the hard way.

Like, I get along with everybody. I respect everybody, but at the same time, I carry myself with an aura that demands respect, too.

I really want people to understand that nobody is perfect and that things happen in life beyond our control.

I am blessed to have so many great things in my life - family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.

I'm blessed enough to been in the game for a while and still have my beautiful fans and still have the respect. That's something that gets me going. I'm also fortunate enough to take vacation and take a little hiatus.

I think people have a misconception of me, period. My life has been a whirlwind sometimes, but it's different to what people think. I definitely feel like there's a misconception about me and who I am.

From being in the industry as a teenager, I'm so used to getting makeup done all day.

I'm older, and I wish that a lot of things that I did in my life, I didn't do, but I'm able to talk about it.

All my life, men have told me I wasn't pretty enough - even the men I was dating. And I'd be like, 'Well, why are you with me, then?' It's always been men putting me down just like my dad. To this day when someone says I'm cute, I can't see it. I don't see it no matter what anybody says.

The one thing I do like is lotion and moisture on my hands and face. I love to have my face moisturized. I like different ones. I like Natura Bisse.

Throughout my life, I have always lived with adversity and will continue to have faith and do good for my family, friends and fans.

I am definitely the queen. I definitely see myself as the queen.