Nicki Minaj

"I want to be a balanced artist ... this is all years of me learning me and my style, and deciding to do something different that would get everyone's attention."

"I love that people never know what Nicki they are going to get on a particular song. I like bringing out a different side."

"Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up."

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

"It's a great feeling to not box yourself into anyone’s limitations or ideas or judgments."

"Little girls can aspire to be anything, and that’s all I want people to see. Whether you follow Nicki Minaj's blueprint or not, just don’t be afraid to experiment and don’t allow people to knock your hustle just ’cause it ain’t something that you’re used to seeing. ... I like that I'm there because it gives little girls in Southside Jamaica, Queens, or South Africa or Brazil a moment to say, ‘Oh wait, I can be a female rapper!’ Yes, you really can."

"Women need to have a perspective. If we’re out here saying that we’re so confident, and we’re so this and so that, but we don’t even trust ourselves to write down our own thoughts and spit it on a beat? It just doesn’t add up."

"Dear first borns, especially daughters. God is your strength. That is all."

"Oh my gosh, look at her butt Oh my gosh, look at her butt Oh my gosh, look at her butt (Look at her butt) Look at, look at, look at Look, at her butt."

"You could be the king, but watch the queen conquer."