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

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" My happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle. "

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

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" My whole life is about being Nicki Minaj now. It's a never-ending saga. "

" When people see my makeup, they think all types of crazy things that I'm doing to my skin, but it's makeup. It's the weirdest thing. They'll see contouring and think you had surgery on your nose. No. No. No. Look at 'RuPaul's Drag Race' and you'll see... you can make your nose look... what ever shape you want it. "

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" 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. "

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" I want people - especially young girls - to know that in life, nothing is going to be based on sex appeal. You've got to have something else to go with that. "

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