Hullo everyone,

Enjoy these two interviews in which famous and excellent women talk about everyday life in one way or another.

Nicki Minaj doesn’t take no guff. She is wonderful. If you've spoken to me in the last six months you'll have heard me talk about this interview, which is a delight:

She was fired from a waitressing job at a Red Lobster after she followed a couple who had taken her pen into the parking lot and then flipped them the bird. I asked her if it was a special pen. "No," she said. "It was the principle."

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201411/nicki-minaj

Patti Smith! There are lots of nice things about normal life in this, as well as Patti Smith’s art and recording life.

[W]hen I started doing interviews, people kept saying “Well, you didn’t do anything in the 80s,” [… h]ow could you say that? The conceit of people, to think that if they’re not reading about you in a newspaper or magazine, then you’re not doing anything.

https://medium.com/cuepoint/patti-smiths-eternal-flame-fcadf12a8417

I hope you've had a lovely week, see you next Friday,

Alex.