Nicki Minaj Quotes & Sayings

I'm such a maniac. Where wayne at, I'm tryna get sum brainiac. — Nicki Minaj

I am so territorial, that [from the start] I just felt like whatever I was gonna do I was gonna write it myself, its my personal preference to always be in control of everything I do in life. — Nicki Minaj

Tryna forgive you for abandonin me Prayin but I think I'm still an angel away — Nicki Minaj

I'm very protective of my heart — Nicki Minaj

People don't know how heavily involved I am in my own career. I'm on 15 to 25 conference calls every few days strategizing with my team. I think a lot of artists sit back and have it done for them. Sometimes as women in the industry - if you're sexy or like doing sexy things - some people subconsciously negate your brain. They think you're stupid. — Nicki Minaj

Whiz Galliano whip whip the Armani In the drip drip lick lick like a lolly — Nicki Minaj

We all have insecurities but you have to know you're beautiful. — Nicki Minaj

When I'm out the country, niggas call me Neeki. Hi, how are you? Yes, it's nice to meet me. — Nicki Minaj

Register my money, for the money gymnastic. Cause I make it flip now they be lookin all nasty. — Nicki Minaj

Half a million dollars just to upgrade the car show I aint even detonate the bombs in the arsenal — Nicki Minaj

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

Versace was and still is about the sophisticated woman who is elegant, not afraid of her own sensuality, and not afraid to dare or take risks in life. — Nicki Minaj

I get the thumbs up like I'm hailing a yellow cab. — Nicki Minaj

All rappers predominantly sound the same and want you to think their meanest person in the world, and that they're all gangster and all that. My acting allowed me to be playful and crazy, and it helps me tell stories and all that. I think it's a good time; rap needs that kind of stuff. — Nicki Minaj

I ain't mad ma, see you on ya bummy swag I'm in that money green Jag, lot of money bags — Nicki Minaj

My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge. — Nicki Minaj

I went through a lot of bullying early on. Girls made my life a living hell. We had come to America from a different country. My brother and I had accents. It was very tough. — Nicki Minaj

I mean you're so shy & I'm lovin your tie
You're like slicker than the guy with the thing on his eye — Nicki Minaj

How could it be little me had the power to be The best 'B' in the league yeah inevitably — Nicki Minaj

Is it two? Three? Leave a good tip, Imma blow all my money and don't give two shits. — Nicki Minaj

Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up. — Nicki Minaj

I understand that artists and critics make a big deal over the Grammys. But when I go to my shows and I'm selling out arenas in London, and when I'm in Australia and Japan, there aren't any Grammys there. There are human beings who I've touched. There are human beings who are inspired by me, who I love dearly. And that's what my career is based on. — Nicki Minaj

Well my name Nicki & it's nice to meet ya, if you really wanna know I'll give you my procedure. Got a whole bunch of pretty game in my clique, and we looking for some ballers: alopecia — Nicki Minaj

Now it's me & my time, it's just me in my prime — Nicki Minaj

I think fashion has a lot to do with passion and that's where you get your inspiration. — Nicki Minaj

Every woman is a character - but people need to see I'm a regular human. It's like you wear a pink wig and you're no longer human all of sudden. — Nicki Minaj

I keep 3 hos but don't call me Santa And I'm and I'm flyer than reindeers in winter — Nicki Minaj

Pink Friday Eminem 8 Mile It must hurt to sell your album on Paypal — Nicki Minaj

I think one of the things I was shocked about was how interested the world is in 'American Idol' and how people, writers, they write about 'Idol' all the time, and I guess I didn't expect that. — Nicki Minaj

I aint gotta get a plaque, I aint gotta get awards I just walk up out the door, all the girls will applaud — Nicki Minaj

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. — Nicki Minaj

He toss my salad like his name Romaine — Nicki Minaj

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. — Nicki Minaj

I've had my highs and had my lows but you can't tell me that I am not the baddest chick. — Nicki Minaj

My goal the whole time has been for people to see me as a stand-alone artist. I came out with Young Money, the biggest hip-hop label in the world at the time. And then it was, 'How do I branch away from Lil Wayne?' — Nicki Minaj

I feel like people always wanna define me and I don't wanna be defined. — Nicki Minaj

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. — Nicki Minaj

Love it or hate it, this is me, this is who I am! — Nicki Minaj

I kick-kick game, can't injure Nicki. That's why they nick-nicknamed me Ninja Nicki. — Nicki Minaj

Bad b****es do not have promiscuous sex. — Nicki Minaj

I can always remember standing up to the baddest girls in my elementary school. Wherever I went, there was always a mean girl, and that girl would always hate me because I wouldn't bow down. — Nicki Minaj

I wouldn't even say the internet is a gift and a curse for hip-hop. All types of music are bootlegged, including movies which are bootlegged. — Nicki Minaj

He could ball with the crew, he could solo
But I think I like him better when he dolo — Nicki Minaj

Overseas, church, Vatican You at a stand still mannequin — Nicki Minaj

We get a lot of cheese, no mice with that. — Nicki Minaj

The music is always blasting wherever I am that people always knock on my door and say, "It's too loud!" — Nicki Minaj

Let Them Eat My A** Like A Cupcake — Nicki Minaj

If you don't have critics, you probably don't have success either. — Nicki Minaj

My ideal man is dead white old and on a green sheet of paper. — Nicki Minaj

I hear the criticism loud & clear That is how I know that the time is near — 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. — Nicki Minaj

When you go hard your nays become yays. Yankee stadium with Jays and Kanyes. — Nicki Minaj

Pussy put his ass to sleep, now he calling me NyQuil — Nicki Minaj

Before the storm comes the calm. Hope you can take the heat like LeBron — Nicki Minaj

I hope you lay down in your sleep and you choke on every lie you told — Nicki Minaj

I think that's the biggest misconception - that in order for me to be sexy I have to make sure my boobs are out. — Nicki Minaj

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. — Nicki Minaj

In the history of the hip hop world ... there has been one, single, solitary human being in the history of the world. One female rapper to sell more albums than me in the first week. — Nicki Minaj

I've never worn flats in my life. I haven't owned any since I was a kid. I suppose the only flats I have are the shoes I wear to the gym, but I put them on just before I start to work out ... I like heels. — Nicki Minaj

Haters, I'm not your enemy I'm your hero. Cheer up, you should be happy I'm here — Nicki Minaj

Got that super soaker pussy pop like cola coka. Plus it's tighter than a choker, got em smilin like the joker. — Nicki Minaj

I don't promote giving up. I promote fighting and winning. — Nicki Minaj

Fendi on my slippers & my cookies always slippery — Nicki Minaj

I love to move around. I'm not a person who likes to stay in the same place all the time. — Nicki Minaj

I have given my all Catch me catch me I think I'm gonna fall — Nicki Minaj

All these screams All these voices in my head — Nicki Minaj

Boy you got my heartbeat runnin away
Beatin like a drum & it's comin your way
Cant you hear that
Boom badoom boom boom badoom boom bass
He got that super bass
Boom badoom boom boom badoom boom bass
Yeah that's that super bass — Nicki Minaj

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

Man I can't even count all of these hundreds Duffle bag every time I go to SunTrust — Nicki Minaj

Please you can never compare to me, all these b****es is scared of me. I am who they couldn't even dare to be. — Nicki Minaj

That's the kinda dude I was lookin fo & yes you'll get slapped if you lookin hoe — Nicki Minaj

I am not a girl that can ever be defined. I am not fly, I am levitation..I represent an entire generation! — Nicki Minaj

This one is for the boys in the polos Entrepreneur niggas & the moguls — Nicki Minaj

One thing the coupe never got? ROOF — Nicki Minaj

He cold, he dope, he might sell coke He always in the air but he never fly coach — Nicki Minaj

You can't run game on a rapper. I'm always 10 steps ahead of you. — Nicki Minaj

I'm like really famous. I got a famous anus. — Nicki Minaj

Pills n potions.. We're overdosin.. I'm angry but I still love you — Nicki Minaj

So we become alive in a time of fear ... — Nicki Minaj

Bought the president the Louis presidential briefcase Never been a cheapskate — Nicki Minaj

There are sexual things that I do that aren't for a man. I feel empowered sometimes by being sexy and being comfortable enough to be sexy on camera - a lot of woman [sic] struggle with that. But, there are some days that I don't want anyone to see me. I'm just a regular girl. Some days, I'm super-strong; some days, I'm super-insecure. But, I don't really identify with any particular label. I just speak my truth, and if people like it, they like it, and if they bash it, they bash it. — Nicki Minaj

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

Gotta go let me get the car key You don't want it wit the Harajuku Barbie — Nicki Minaj

Pink Friday is a celebration of my life at this moment; it is a reflection of me as a creator, and an expression of me as a woman, — Nicki Minaj

I was in them million dollar meetings, he was cheatin. All up in the church, he was sneakin wit the deacon. — Nicki Minaj

Chef cookin for me They say my shoe game crazy The mental asylum lookin for me — Nicki Minaj

I grew up in the south of Italy, next to the sea, which was a great place to grow up. The type of life we lived there was very relaxing. Just very fun, open-minded people. It was all very sociable and low-key. — Nicki Minaj

Didn't know what I was doing but I put on a cape Now it's which world tour should I go on & take — Nicki Minaj

I'm the best now Anybody wit some money should invest now — Nicki Minaj

Forget the haters, just get ya money, just get ya weight up. — Nicki Minaj

I'm a star: SHERIFF BADGE. — Nicki Minaj

But could it be little me you was hecklin me Now it's monotony winnin regularly — Nicki Minaj

Dear God, I am only what you made me and I appreciate everything that you gave me, but like, I don't want to do it any more, sort of lost sight of what I'm doing it for. — Nicki Minaj

I looked at people like Lil Wayne. I would go to the studio and I would observe Wayne, and I would literally pray. I would say 'God, give me his work ethic'. — Nicki Minaj

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. — Nicki Minaj

Who got the baddest pussy on the planet? D boys love me, they don't understand it. — Nicki Minaj

You got spark You you got spunk You you got something all the girls want — Nicki Minaj

Really I peeped dude at the bar like really
Lookin like he want a good time like really
Said he had a friend for my homegirl Lilly Lilly Lilly Lilly — Nicki Minaj

Clap for the heavy weight champ ME But I couldn't do it all alone WE — Nicki Minaj

I get what I desire, it's my empire — Nicki Minaj