When women come up to me like, 'I am a freaking senator,' or, 'I'm a doctor,' it's like, 'Damn, y'all like me? I look up to y'all!'
— Cardi B
I'm not as open as I used to be. I'm a little bit more filtered, and it kind of sucks, but it's the price you pay to get paid.
The women that inspire me to be honest are the women that struggle.
When you hear my lyrics, you hear the shots that I throw at people. I throw shots because I always been the underdog. I got rejected so many times, and I say it in my lyrics constantly.
Ever since I started using guys, I feel so much better about myself. I feel so much more powerful.
Am I ever gonna grow thick skin? No.
I'm an October baby, yes.
Say yes to everything. 'You want me to buy you some food?' Yes. 'You want me to buy you a car?' Yes.
I'd rather have money and be broken-hearted than be broke and broken-hearted.
I had very strict parents, I could never go outside or go to parties.
I was a little hesitant to do 'Love & Hip-Hop' because sometimes reality TV can be good for your music career and sometimes bad.
It's just like, damn - I'm competing with myself.
Being a feminist is being equal to do what a man do.
I cry sometimes. I get very upset.
I'm on my phone 24-7. I see everything. I hear everything. I am the voice of the streets.
People are afraid to be themselves because people are afraid to be recorded. Everything is being recorded, and everyone is so sensitive. You say something; a section of people will be offended. It's so annoying; you got to be completely censored.
I have a passion for music; I love music. But I also have a passion for money and paying my bills.
I'll do something that brings me a check.
I do feel kind of guilty sometimes 'cause, like, I could buy myself a $5,000 dress or a $3,000 dress, and I'm buying these things, but I'm knowing that my cousin need money for the rent. And then I gotta tell myself, 'Stop feeling guilty. You worked for this.'
The faster I make a lot of money, the faster I can have these kids I want.
I wanna hear myself everywhere.
I was a loner; I was never the crazy party girl.
To see the positive reaction to my music makes me feel good.
I cannot turn my life back around. I'm already a public figure, I'm famous... It's like, I might as well keep it going, might as well make the money.
My personality is humongous.
It's not that people want to be like me, but some want to say the things I say and can't because they're afraid. I say it for them.
My Instagram got deleted a lot of times. I used to do rough jokes and curse a lot.
A lot of females, they want to do the things that I do. Some females are so closed, but they want to be open. Some girls, they want to feel that power that I tell them that I have. I tell women that I have power over these men, that I use these men.
If a girl have beef with me, she gon' have beef with me forever.
I'm gonna be famous forever.
I was always scared to follow my dreams because if I follow my dreams and I fail, I can't dream about it anymore. It's easier to settle for less.
I'm an emotional gangster. I cry once every month.
Music never felt like a job.
My mom kicked me out a couple of weeks before my 18th birthday. I had a job for about six, seven months at a supermarket, and they fired me for being late.
I don't want my personality to overshadow my talent.
People want me to be so full of shame that I used to dance. I would never be ashamed of it. I made a lot of money. I had a good time, and it showed me a lot.
I think beautiful is like looking like you take care of yourself.
