But, by just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attention to a female rapper.
Interpretation
Authenticity can resonate with others and create unexpected connections.
In this quote, Nicki Minaj highlights the importance of being true to oneself and how this authenticity can reach and inspire a wider audience, particularly those who may not have previously engaged with her art as a female rapper. It illustrates the power of individuality and the impact it can have in breaking barriers and attracting attention in unexpected ways.
In practice
In a speech about embracing individuality at a music festival.
When you're a girl, you have to be everything, You have to be dope at what you do, but you have to be super sweet, and you have to be sexy, and you have to be this and you have to be that and you have to be nice, and you have to - it's like, I can't be all of those things at once. I'm a human being.
I want to show little girls that the possibilities are endless. That's my goal - to not only do it for myself, but to show them I can do whatever I put my mind to.
I don't mind being called a weirdo. There are a lot of people in hip-hop who are probably never going to get what I do. But, by just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attention to a female rapper.
As a little girl growing up in Southside Jamaica Queens, if anyone would've told me I'd have my own perfume one day, and be able to inspire young black girls everywhere, to go into Macy's or Nordstrom's and see their face staring back at them - I wouldn't believe them.
A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.
If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
EVERYONE suddenly burst out singing; And I was filled with such delight As prisoned birds must find in freedom, Winging wildly across the white Orchards and dark-green fields; on—on—and out of sight. Everyone’s voice was suddenly lifted; And beauty came like the setting sun: My heart was shaken with tears; and horror Drifted away ... O, but Everyone Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done.
If you think you are too old to rock 'n roll, then you are.
When you find your way you cannot be scared. You need to be brave enough to take wrong steps. The deceptions, failures, lack of enthusiasm, are tools that God places in our way to reveal the path.
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