Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I don't want a wig that looks like a wig; I want one that could pass for a weave. "

Related Quotes:

" I don't want children cursing. I'm very strict on my nieces and my little brother. They have to listen to clean versions of music. Even my music. "

" 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. "

" I hate cameras. I hate cameras and I hate camera phones. The camera's my worst enemy and my best friend. It's the way I convey my emotions to the world without saying a word, so I use it. People always say, 'You come alive as soon as the camera's on!' "

" But, by just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attention to a female rapper. "

" You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don't make moves and when you don't climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you're not competition. "

" I don't need to Google myself. "

" I do have a few personalities. When people started making a big deal out of it, I started making names for these people. "

" I think sometimes the fashion world isn't even about clothes anymore; it's about this 'in' crowd, and I'm not into that. "

" Maybe your weird is my normal. Who's to say? "

" If people are sitting in the barbershop talking about my butt, it's conversational. That's what people are gonna do. "

" It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they're not around. I don't really like the sound of that, 'cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I'm just very black and white when it comes to my business. There's really no gray area. "

Black And White

" 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 cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey. What people don't understand is that I've looked up to her for so many years. "

" Lavender is the new pink. I'll never stop wearing pink but I wanted to venture out. "

" 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've always been intrigued by color and by interesting hair. I was one of those weird little girls doing my own hair at the age of 9. I was, like, getting weird gels and new brushes and cornrow holders. I would tweak and perm at the age of 13. "

" I don't have to do things just to please people. It's okay to do what I love because what I love, my fans love. And they're really the only ones that should matter. "

" If I'm traveling, I'll pack socks in my bag - really cute furry ones. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" When I get up in the morning and put on a pink or a green wig, I see myself as a piece of animation. It lets me be the person I want to be, a person who's not embarrassed to have fun. "

" People face difficulties, no matter who you are. I faced difficulties with a lot of things. I face opposition every day, but I didn't kill myself and now, thank God, I'm here. "

" 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. "

" Like to me, I did the 'Harajuku' stuff. I did the crazy stuff. And now I kind of want to tone that back, and it's not toning my personality back, it's just showing like I don't only have to do that. "

" 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 can't see myself without pink lipstick. I can go without it for a couple days, but if there was no more pink lipstick in the world, I'd be useless. Seriously. "

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

" Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I am like, 'This is a high-top day' or 'This is a bob day,' but when I get my clothes on that's when I see. "

" 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. "