Quotes from Nicki Minaj

I feel like my entire career and life, I've been judged by people who did not really know me. I definitely think that they probably were right to assume what they had assumed about me, because there was such little to go on out there.

When I was younger I didn't have much financially, like we couldn't afford a lot of stuff and I remember seeing little girls' rooms on TV and they'd all be pink. I didn't have my own room, I shared with my brother, so I would have this daydream and imagine that one day I could have my own room and it would all be pink, like Cinderella's.

I've constantly tried new things, even as a child, and have always been obsessed with pink. Now I'm just a little more ladylike and fearless. You should never feel afraid to become a piece of art. It's exhilarating.

I'm a role model now. I didn't know I was gonna have 13-year-old fans, so I've tried to change a few things here and there. But I also know that the girls don't want me to be Miley Cyrus, either.

I think a child may be the only thing that could give me true happiness.

He said he don't like em boney, he want something he can grab

I've always been the type of person to make everybody happy and get things done. I want everything to be 100% perfect.

You got spark You you got spunk You you got something all the girls want

Men are kids at heart. They want to be nourished and pet like a dog.

I don't agree that everyone should agree with everyone's lifestyle. I think that some people aren't going to agree, but I think that when you're mean and when you ridicule people it's a sign of your own insecurities.

Get on the floor floor like it's your last chance. If you want more, more then here I am.

People always want to talk about who I was, but I've always been singing, always been experimenting with pop music.

I would be lying if I said I don't like to look sexy. But then there are some days when I don't want to look or feel sexy.

I look at rap as an opportunity to act. My head is full of different characters - in each song I'm auditioning a character.

I think most artists will experience a lot of negative people on Twitter but, thank God, I've got so many followers that I'm not able to see them that much. I'll see some from time to time but, for the most part, I always focus on something good.

You're not gonna tell me who I am. I'm gonna tell you who I am.

I'm a rapper... Gaga's a fantastic artist, you know, she paved her way. She's opened her own lane. But I think that I have my own lane. And we never cross. Ever. So, you know, I really don't get the comparison anymore. Our music doesn't sound the same. Our stage presence is not the same. I just can't see the similarities.

I think women are much stronger than men in society. We take more risks than they do in general.

We all love to see women on top, and as the record shows, this next powerful woman is always on top. She does it all by living for love.

I experiment with fashion, with my look, with everything. I'm a multidimensional woman, like all women are. The difference is that I have the balls to take chances.

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.

As a little girl growing up in Southside Jamaica Queens, if anyone would've told me I'd have my own perfume one day, and be able to inspire young black girls everywhere, to go into Macy's or Nordstrom's and see their face staring back at them - I wouldn't believe them.

Everyone knows I'm a lash girl by now. When I don't have my lashes, I feel naked.

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.