"It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they're not around. I don't really like the sound of that, 'cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I'm just very black and white when it comes to my business. There's really no gray area."

"My rule is, whatever you were calling me four years ago is what you should be calling me now, because I don't like it when my family or close friends call me Nicki Minaj. To me I'm not Nicki Minaj when I'm with them."

"I'm a role model now. I didn't know I was gonna have 13-year-old fans, so I've tried to change a few things here and there. But I also know that the girls don't want me to be Miley Cyrus, either."

"I think a child may be the only thing that could give me true happiness."

"Discount air fares, a car in every parking space and the interstate highway system have made every place accessible - and every place alike."

"It is a profound truth that an idea is a delicate seed; water it with curiosity and protect it from cynicism."

"It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases."

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see."