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I didn't want to just be an a...

I didn't want to just be an artist and let someone else have all that control over me. I knew I would have to produce.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

I know how domestic violence ...

I know how domestic violence can affect a family, and I want to do everything I can to stop it from happening to others. The most important thing we can do is teach kids that they can break the cycle.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

I always have been an enterta...

I always have been an entertainer, whether it's been joking or performing for people. And I always thought I had a talent, because I could rap and I could sing, and I did write. And all the other kids were going to college, but I just felt like I had to do this first, and if it didn't work, then I would go to college.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

I got to feel like what I'm g...

I got to feel like what I'm giving the fans is 100 percent and that it's game-changing.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

Things happen in your life, a...

Things happen in your life, and then you can write something else instead of the same three topics - like, how many times can we write about the clubs?

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

I never stopped recording, bu...

I never stopped recording, but I went through a period where... The one thing that a lot of people don't know is that for as long as I've been as artist, I've been a writer and a producer.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

You get people who rap about ...

You get people who rap about stuff that they don't do all day long. Half those guys, you hear them on the radio, and then you meet them, and you're like, 'Wow. They're so sweet.'

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

It feels different.... When h...

It feels different.... When hip-hop was beginning for me, people weren't making the kind of money that they make now. It was for the love of doing it and having fun with it.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

I most definitely want kids, ...

I most definitely want kids, but I'll probably adopt kids.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

It could be hectic sometimes ...

It could be hectic sometimes when you're being an artist and running a label at the same time. But there are times when you just have to say that this my time period to work on my stuff, and then you say this is the time to concentrate on my artists.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

I love to see women just have...

I love to see women just have on their own, and you watch the guys do it all the time. They go out on the road with each other - probably don't even like each other, but they going to get that money.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

When something is so hot, I d...

When something is so hot, I don't want to just jump on it right away. I want to take it home and make sure I give it my best shot.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

If you believe a black cat is...

If you believe a black cat is bad luck, people think you're crazy, but plenty of times, if I see a black cat down my street, I turn around and go the other way. Even if I'm late. I'll be late for the airport and be in a limo, and if I see a black cat, I'll be like, 'Sir, you have to turn around and go down the next street.'

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

I felt like, 'How do I fit in...

I felt like, 'How do I fit in'? I'm battling. But then I never fit in!'... I thank God for somebody like Pharrell who stayed in my ear. For him, at that time, 'Happy' was everywhere; he didn't have to share anything with me.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

No, I'm a flirtatious person;...

No, I'm a flirtatious person; I'll flirt all day long, but it really is hard to get into that when I'm so into the music, and I'm in the studio all day long and all night sometimes. That's not an exaggeration.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

I always feel the need to wor...

I always feel the need to work as if I don't have a deal, because that's what's going to keep me around for a long time.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

My mother helped me to be who...

My mother helped me to be who I am: to have strength and not to let people run all over me and yet to be humble; to realise that all of this that I have today could be gone.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

When I create something, it's...

When I create something, it's got to be special, and it can't just be to throw something out there because I feel like I'm Missy.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

Lil' Kim is my sister, known ...

Lil' Kim is my sister, known her for years, and I'll never turn my back on her, but there is enough room for everybody. I want to see everybody get it.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

I ain't no icon. It's people ...

I ain't no icon. It's people like Patti LaBelle, somebody like that's an icon. I'm just Missy. I'm just crazy, that's all.

Missy Elliott 23 quotes

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