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.
One of the greatest sermons ever pronounced on missionary work is this simple thought attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi: “Preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words.” Opportunities to do so are all around us. Do not miss them by waiting too long on the road to Damascus.
Your calling isn’t something that somebody can tell you about. It’s what you feel. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that you are supposed to do. And nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself.
I've always done more than I ever thought I would. Becoming a professor - I never would have imagined that. Writing books - I never would have imagined that. Getting a Ph.D. - I'm not sure I would even have imagined that. I've lived my life a step at a time. Things sort of happened.
Ah, go boil yer heads, both of yeh", said Hagrid. “Harry — yer a wizard.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
The Holocaust survivors are among the most inspiring people I have had the privilege to meet.
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