Vibe Magazine Quotes

Wayne has always been my biggest influence. It's weird because I sit down and talk to Wayne like he's just a regular human being, and then I walk on stage with him and there's 20,000 people screaming for him. I think it puts it into perspective for me like, wait a minute, this is actually attainable. I could have this! I just need to focus and remember that my grind is just beginning. I always say that that's what I learned from Wayne the most: he never stops grinding. It showed me, Yo, this dude is the truth, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps.- Nicki Minaj

I came from a very intense living situation, with having a parent on drugs and not having a lot of money. So I always want to talk about the real things. But I think 90 percent of my music, I want it to be ‘feel-good music'. I'm already recording tracks for my album, but when it comes time to actually say, ‘this is the album,' I may be in a completely different space than I'm in right now.- Nicki Minaj

I don't think intimidated is the word. I definitely get excited by it. I dont want to let anybody down. I've always been the type of person to make everybody happy and get things done. I want everything to be 100% perfect. I do feel it when people hold me to high expectations.- Nicki Minaj