Cardi B Quotes

I feel beautiful without makeup on, but when I do put makeup on, it just gives me this extra pop.

- Cardi B

Makeup, Feel, Without, I Feel

I'm an emotional gangster. I cry once every month.

- Cardi B

Month, Emotional, Once, Cry

When I do music, I don't feel like it's competition. Then again, it kinda is, but I don't like thinking like that. And I don't understand why they do that to women and, especially, women in hip-hop.

- Cardi B

Understand, Like, Again, Kinda

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.'

- Cardi B

Dress, Sometimes, Buy, Rent

I just feel like I influence people because I'm like - I was practically homeless.

- Cardi B

Feel, Like, Practically, Homeless

I'm on my phone 24-7. I see everything. I hear everything. I am the voice of the streets.

- Cardi B

Voice, Streets, I See, Phone

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.

- Cardi B

Birthday, Fired, Couple, Kicked

I love Lady Gaga. When I was in high school, I really wanted to dress like her.

- Cardi B

Love, Dress, Gaga, None

I have a passion for music; I love music. But I also have a passion for money and paying my bills.

- Cardi B

Love, Music, I Love, Paying

Make more than the guys you thought you wanted to be with.

- Cardi B

Thought, More, Wanted, Guys

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.

- Cardi B

Offended, Will, Everyone, Recorded

This is my work ethic: I do not want to raise my future kids where I was raised, and I know the only way to do it is working, working, working, working, working.

- Cardi B

Work, Want, Raised, Ethic

My sister's name is Hennessy, so everybody used to be, like, 'Bacardi' to me. Then I shortened it to Cardi B. The 'B' stands for whatever, depending on the day... beautiful or bully.

- Cardi B

Like, Everybody, Shortened, Bully

I'ma sound like all your favorite rappers.

- Cardi B

Sound, Like, Your, Rappers

The first splurge that I did, I bought, like, an $80,000 watch, but that's because I'm a rapper. I need jewelry.

- Cardi B

Jewelry, Need, Like, Rapper

If you want it, and the more you keep hearing you can't have it, you just go and get it.

- Cardi B

Want, More, Keep, Hearing

I'm surprised Beyonce liked me. I met Beyonce!

- Cardi B

Me, Beyonce, Met, Surprised

Whatever hair color I have on my head, that's what decides what type of outfit I'm going to wear, because not everything goes with your hair color. That's why I switch it up.

- Cardi B

Color, Goes, Going, Switch

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.

- Cardi B

Underdog, Always, Been, Lyrics

I was a little hesitant to do 'Love & Hip-Hop' because sometimes reality TV can be good for your music career and sometimes bad.

- Cardi B

Love, TV, Music Career, Hesitant

No man wants to accept they could be getting used for money. But it's OK for them to let us know that they use us?

- Cardi B

Could, Use, Them, OK

The women that inspire me to be honest are the women that struggle.

- Cardi B

Inspire, Me, Honest, Struggle

I'm a woman. Every woman, I think, wants to get married and wants to have children.

- Cardi B

Woman, Think, I Think, Get Married

I had very strict parents, I could never go outside or go to parties.

- Cardi B

Never, Could, Very, Strict

It's never too early to get married now.

- Cardi B

Never, Get, Too, Get Married

I worked at this supermarket called Amish Market. Everything is, like, organic.

- Cardi B

Supermarket, Market, Worked, Organic

That was an organic relationship. He reached out to me, and I was like, 'Oh my God, I cannot believe somebody like Laquan Smith wants to put his clothes on me.' He comes from a small place, and he has big dreams, and what I like about him the most is that his clothes curve with your body.

- Cardi B

Small, Big, Smith, Organic

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.

- Cardi B

Settle, Always, About, Scared

My Instagram got deleted a lot of times. I used to do rough jokes and curse a lot.

- Cardi B

Lot, Times, Deleted, Jokes

I have real good parents. They poor. They have regular, poor jobs and what not. They real good people and what not; I was just raised in a bad society.

- Cardi B

Bad, Raised, Jobs, Regular

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.

- Cardi B

Some, Over, Females, Open

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.

- Cardi B

Kind, More, Sucks, Open

I could really make a song of hurt, because I've been hurt by a lot of men. I'm talking about, like, how sad I be when a dude curves me. And I never talk about that because I refuse to let people know that I get sad because when a man don't answer my calls.

- Cardi B

Talking, Been, About, Dude

I was a loner; I was never the crazy party girl.

- Cardi B

Crazy, Never, Party Girl, Party

No one calls me Belcalis except for my family, my mother, and my daddy.

- Cardi B

Mother, Me, Calls, Daddy

I'm so free-spirited. Everyone has a me inside them: that loud girl that just wanna go, 'Ayyyy!' No matter if you a doctor, a lawyer, a teacher, it comes out.

- Cardi B

Go, Everyone, Loud, Lawyer

It's not even the female rappers that are catty - it's the fans. They just want that beef.

- Cardi B

Want, Beef, Even, Rappers

Instagram has said plenty of times that I'm pregnant, Instagram has said a lot of things about me that are not true, so I don't even know where that's coming from.

- Cardi B

Instagram, About, Plenty, Pregnant

I wanna hear myself everywhere.

- Cardi B

Myself, Everywhere, Wanna, Hear

I never thought I was going to be popular; I never thought I was going to be famous.

- Cardi B

Thought, Famous, Never, Popular

I want to be an artist artist, a real artist. I don't just want to do this for temporary money.

- Cardi B

Money, Artist, Temporary, Real Artist

I'm an October baby, yes.

- Cardi B

Baby, Yes, October

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.

- Cardi B

Shame, Ashamed, Made, Good Time

When I was 19, 20, 21, I wasn't extremely thick.

- Cardi B

Extremely, Thick

Am I ever gonna grow thick skin? No.

- Cardi B

Grow, Thick Skin, Ever, Thick

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

Like, Come, Am, Senator

Being a feminist is being equal to do what a man do.

- Cardi B

Man, Equal, Being, Feminist

Ever since I started using guys, I feel so much better about myself. I feel so much more powerful.

- Cardi B

Myself, More, Using, Guys

What I'm trying to say to girls is don't let these guys be in your head.

- Cardi B

Trying, Say, Head, Guys

I think beautiful is like looking like you take care of yourself.

- Cardi B

Beautiful, Think, Take, Care

I don't want to live in a small Bronx apartment. I don't want to have three kids that got to share one room.

- Cardi B

Small, Want, Three, Apartment

To me, music is art and fashion is art, but fame? Fame isn't art, but the person you become when you're famous - your alter ego - that's art.

- Cardi B

Art, Famous, Your, Become

A lot of designers, they did tell me no. They didn't really wanna work with me.

- Cardi B

Work, Lot, Designers, Wanna

Me and my mom are pretty cool. My mother's Caribbean, and she gets a little spicy, and I get a little spicy back.

- Cardi B

Cool, Back, Pretty, Gets

The faster I make a lot of money, the faster I can have these kids I want.

- Cardi B

Money, Faster, Lot, Kids

I'm not domestic. I think I will be. I love kids. I really want to have a kid, but I'm not a domestic person.

- Cardi B

Love, Think, I Think, Kids

I'm a funny person, but I take my music seriously.

- Cardi B

Music, Person, Take, Seriously

I used to worry a lot. I still worry a lot, but not about the things that I used to worry about because my younger self, I didn't regret anything that I ever did... I was happy, and I was free, and I was living it up.

- Cardi B

Worry, Living, Still, Did

I'll do something that brings me a check.

- Cardi B

Me, Something, Brings, Check

I have 100 percent Bronx pride, like it's a country, like I am the Bronx.

- Cardi B

I Am, Country, Bronx, Pride

I really don't look up to anybody that is doing that great in life, because I don't know their story.

- Cardi B

Doing, Look, Anybody, Story

It's just like, damn - I'm competing with myself.

- Cardi B

Myself, Competing, Like, Damn

People should listen to my music because it's good.

- Cardi B

Music, Because, Should, Listen

I yam who I yam; I'm not somebody, like, standard.

- Cardi B

Like, Standard, Who, Somebody

If a girl have beef with me, she gon' have beef with me forever.

- Cardi B

Girl, Me, She, Beef

I'd rather have money and be broken-hearted than be broke and broken-hearted.

- Cardi B

Money, Rather, Than, Broke

I cry sometimes. I get very upset.

- Cardi B

Sometimes, Upset, Very, Cry

That's why I be so careful with my money and always try to invest. I see people who have it all and then lose it.

- Cardi B

Lose, Always, Invest, Try

To see the positive reaction to my music makes me feel good.

- Cardi B

Music, Feel Good, See, Reaction

I'm gonna be famous forever.

- Cardi B

Famous, Forever, Gonna

Music never felt like a job.

- Cardi B

Music, Never, Like, Felt

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.

- Cardi B

My Life, Famous, Figure, Public

We might as well be true with ourselves.

- Cardi B

True, Well, Might, Be True

You can't tell me that I can't dress!

- Cardi B

Me, You, Tell, Dress

What counts the most for women is having the confidence to make your own money.

- Cardi B

Money, Most, Having, Confidence

I don't know how to drive.

- Cardi B

Know, How, Drive

A lot of people always question, 'What else can she do, what else can she do?' And I'm going to show you.

- Cardi B

She, Always, Lot, Question

Say yes to everything. 'You want me to buy you some food?' Yes. 'You want me to buy you a car?' Yes.

- Cardi B

Car, Some, Yes, Buy

I don't want my personality to overshadow my talent.

- Cardi B

Personality, Want, Talent

Libras like to take risks!

- Cardi B

Like, Take, Risks

I used to tell myself that I will always be myself.

- Cardi B

Will, Tell, Always, Myself

I don't feel like anyone should follow what I did.

- Cardi B

Like, Should, Anyone, Follow

My personality is humongous.

- Cardi B

Personality

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.

- Cardi B

Want, Some, Like, Afraid

I'm about this shmoney.

- Cardi B

About

Summertime, this is the time that you flex.

- Cardi B

Time, You, Summertime

I need to make money for my family and my future family. I'm not a YOLO person.

- Cardi B

Future, Person, Need, Money

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