I studied my craft at the same place as Nicki Minaj.
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Bitches ain't shit, and they ain't sayin' nuthin'. A hundred muthafuckas can't tell me nuthin'.
NICKI MINAJ My whole life is about being Nicki Minaj now. It's a never-ending saga.
NICKI MINAJ I love Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Katy Perry. They are all about being themselves and I love that.
SELENA GOMEZ I think that for the five-year-old watching MTV right now, Lady Gaga is going to be an iconic person...
BETH DITTO I really like Ariana Grande, Jessie J, and Nicki Minaj's song, the 'Bang Bang' song. It&...
BECKY G My cut is blunt and futuristic, and Nicki Minaj started wearing that bob on her head after she came ...
LIL MAMA Apa? WARIA? Iiih, Dennis! Sudah kubilang berapa kali, sih? Aku ini drag queen, darling, bukan waria!...
ADHAM T. FUSAMA Nothing against Nicki Minaj - I think she's a dope lyricist, and her body is perfect, along with...
JEREMIH Nicki Minaj is a very strong woman who knows exactly what she wants. As an artist, I understand her,...
BEBE REXHA I think you have a lot of really good artists today. You have your Beyonce, Usher, Nicki Minaj and t...
ARETHA FRANKLIN They kept me at my seniority. I'm in the same place as if I had never left.
JUAN BERRONES I know right now she has no idea who I am, but I'd like to collaborate with Enya one day. Of cou...
NICKI MINAJ My happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without strugg...
NICKI MINAJ The animated bug has bitten pop culture. It makes me feel happy and free. When you don't act ser...
NICKI MINAJ People face difficulties, no matter who you are. I faced difficulties with a lot of things. I face o...
NICKI MINAJ You have to know that as long as you love who you are - your morals, your values, that type of stuff...
NICKI MINAJ You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don't make moves and when you don't cli...
NICKI MINAJ Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up.
NICKI MINAJ I went through a lot of bullying early on. Girls made my life a living hell. We had come to America ...
NICKI MINAJ I can rap in a London accent, make weird faces, wear spandex, wigs, and black lipstick. I can be mor...
NICKI MINAJ Maybe your weird is my normal. Who's to say?
NICKI MINAJ I don't mind being called a weirdo. There are a lot of people in hip-hop who are probably never ...
NICKI MINAJ I've always been intrigued by color and by interesting hair. I was one of those weird little gir...
NICKI MINAJ I want to show little girls that the possibilities are endless. That's my goal - to not only do ...
NICKI MINAJ It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit o...
NICKI MINAJ I've constantly tried new things, even as a child, and have always been obsessed with pink. Now ...
NICKI MINAJ When I was younger I didn't have much financially, like we couldn't afford a lot of stuff an...
NICKI MINAJ I look at rap as an opportunity to act. My head is full of different characters - in each song I'...
NICKI MINAJ I want people - especially young girls - to know that in life, nothing is going to be based on sex a...
NICKI MINAJ My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a bo...
NICKI MINAJ When you're a girl, you have to be everything, You have to be dope at what you do, but you have ...
NICKI MINAJ I do have a few personalities. When people started making a big deal out of it, I started making nam...
NICKI MINAJ I think one of the things I was shocked about was how interested the world is in 'American Idol&...
NICKI MINAJ I don't want children cursing. I'm very strict on my nieces and my little brother. They have...
NICKI MINAJ I hate formal stuff. I love looking like a doll and all that stuff and playing dress up, but when I&...
NICKI MINAJ My wigs are ever changing in height, width, color, size. They make me feel happy. Wearing them makes...
NICKI MINAJ I feel like my entire career and life, I've been judged by people who did not really know me. I ...
NICKI MINAJ Sometimes I want to just pull the off switch, but you can't because if you go outside, you have ...
NICKI MINAJ I don't need to Google myself.
NICKI MINAJ I've gotten tons of awards and I believe when it's my time to get a Grammy, I'll get a G...
NICKI MINAJ I think sometimes the fashion world isn't even about clothes anymore; it's about this 'i...
NICKI MINAJ I'm a rapper... Gaga's a fantastic artist, you know, she paved her way. She's opened her...
NICKI MINAJ If I'm traveling, I'll pack socks in my bag - really cute furry ones.
NICKI MINAJ You should never feel afraid to become a piece of art. It's exhilarating.
NICKI MINAJ People always want to talk about who I was, but I've always been singing, always been experiment...
NICKI MINAJ As a little girl growing up in Southside Jamaica Queens, if anyone would've told me I'd have...
NICKI MINAJ My goal the whole time has been for people to see me as a stand-alone artist. I came out with Young ...
NICKI MINAJ Everyone knows I'm a lash girl by now. When I don't have my lashes, I feel naked.
NICKI MINAJ I don't put cash in my Louis Vuitton wallet. I have it thrown around my bag - jut a whole bunch ...
NICKI MINAJ Who doesn't love Enya? Whenever I'm in a trying time, she is the calm in the middle of the s...
NICKI MINAJ My best and worst 'Idol' moments? I don't have a worst 'Idol' moment... I've...
NICKI MINAJ I cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey. What people don't understand is that I've looke...
NICKI MINAJ Hard work beats Talent when talent doesn't Work hard.
NICKI MINAJ I say nice things about Mariah all the time. I tell Mariah all the time how much of a fan I am of he...
NICKI MINAJ I dos what I pleases
NICKI MINAJ I happen to be a pessimist, and maybe that's a good thing because I don't stop to smell the ...
NICKI MINAJ I don't agree that everyone should agree with everyone's lifestyle. I think that some people...
NICKI MINAJ But, by just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attent...
NICKI MINAJ I'm thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go t...
NICKI MINAJ I don't mind being called a weirdo.
NICKI MINAJ When people see my makeup, they think all types of crazy things that I'm doing to my skin, but i...
NICKI MINAJ When I get up in the morning and put on a pink or a green wig, I see myself as a piece of animation....
NICKI MINAJ I don't want a wig that looks like a wig; I want one that could pass for a weave.
NICKI MINAJ I vowed that I'd never allow any man to control me or to be an alcoholic or anything like that a...
NICKI MINAJ Like to me, I did the 'Harajuku' stuff. I did the crazy stuff. And now I kind of want to ton...
NICKI MINAJ When I am assertive, I’m a bitch. When a man is assertive, he’s a boss. He bossed up. No negativ...
NICKI MINAJ Dear God, I am only what you made me and I appreciate everything that you gave me, but like, I don't...
NICKI MINAJ You could never understand why I grind like I do
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NICKI MINAJ My 9-year-old daughter can recite every line from 'Easy Rider,' and that is not an easy song...
ACTION BRONSON When I discovered music — when I discovered the craft of shaping a song — my being fell into pla...
CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy.
BILLY WEST My plan was I just knew, I think the first time I was in a high school play, and I liked the feeling...
DAVID HEDISON I started with me as Awkwafina reciting 'Othello' monologues, and I'd send those to my f...
AWKWAFINA I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.
WONG KAR-WAI I see myself as an explorer more than a storyteller. A great storyteller, in control of her craft, m...
JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same wa...
TOM PETERS She's like a Barbie, then she wants to be a superhero, or coming out of a spaceship and everythi...
LAURIEANN GIBSON I'm always studying my craft because I want to be the best at what I do.
AARON CARTER My first job was working at Benihana as kitchen help. In college, I was a telemarketer for a company...
STEVE AOKI I studied literature and Italian at Yale. I wrote my thesis about Italo Svevo, one of my heroes.
NATHANIEL RICH At school, we'd studied the Romans and the Saxons, and I was fascinated by it all. So I made my ...
TONY BRADMAN As I get into it more, I want to grow as an artist, as an entertainer, and basically perfect my craf...
JUSTIN BIEBER I write because the security of your love allows me to develop my craft without concerning myself wi...
KAMAND KOJOURI Only a writer "with Bennett's craft and brass could manage to praise and insult his readers at the s...
HAROLD HOLZER What I loved about wrestling was just being foolish, so I studied clown. I studied clown. I studied ...
BECKY LYNCH I studied drama in high school, and when I was 18, I studied at the Actors Studio in New York. Then ...
JERRY HALL I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style.
DOUGLAS SIRK I studied business and also studied film, then I graduated, and I worked at a network. I was able to...
MANISH DAYAL From my earliest days, reading was my passion, and at Cambridge, where I studied English literature,...
MIRIAM MARGOLYES She spent hours drawing on her own, trying to perfect her craft. And when she got into music, she ha...
LAURA JOPLIN In the biggest and the smallest I sleep but at the same place I stay.
DEJAN STOJANOVIC Back in the days, when a rapper had something to say, they used to write a diss song or a mixtape. N...
PHILIP T. M. As a teenage fisherman, I watched and followed terns to find fish. Later, I studied terns for my Ph....
CARL SAFINA We're not at the same place as the county. Our system has not matured to the point theirs has.
ANDY NEFF I had very busy parents, but I really appreciated having a set of traditions during my own childhood...
IVANKA TRUMP I believe that I improve with every book I write - most writers will probably tell you the same thin...
DAVID B. COE When I was young, I used to watch videos of Ali boxing, with my dad. It set me on the road. I wanted...
NICOLA ADAMS After I left high school and got my GED, I studied broadcast journalism for a year at a community co...
CHRIS ROCK I had traveled far, had circled the planet and studied my Torah, and at the very end of my search I ...
DANIEL MENDELSOHN I know we eat at the same place all the time, that's one thing I know.
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