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" All of the trials and tribulations from personal to the artist. It shows that I'm human. People see the glamorous stuff, but they don't see the background. "
Trials
See
Personal
" A lot of people don't do this. You can count on a couple of hands probably how many artists also produce and write, both for themselves and for others, and are able to be successful at both things. "
Hands
Others
People
" A lot of people don't know a lot of records that I've written or produced, so that's a highlight for me as a woman. "
Know
Woman
Lot
" A lot of people don't know that before the artist, I wanted to be a writer and producer. That's always been a love of mine. Its easy for me to do it on myself, but it's fun to create for someone else. "
Myself
Love
Me
" A lot of times, I walk down the street and listen to people argue, and then I write a song about it. "
Street
Walk
Song
" And basically I always said when I was little that if I ever became successful or a celebrity, I would buy her this huge house and she would never have to work anymore. And I've done that. So I feel happy about doing that. "
She
Work
Doing
" Before Missy, there was no comparison to what Missy was doing. "
Before
Comparison
Doing
" Before, you only had one Public Enemy and one Rakim and one Salt 'N' Pepa. Now, people have got the formula, and some of them are just doing it for the cheque. It's kind of watered down. "
People
Doing
Down
" Breaking news: there is only one Missy. "
Only
Breaking
News
" Don Cornelius was a genius. He created a show where he was breaking artists' songs. If you were on his show, he made the consumer want to go out and purchase your music. He will be greatly missed. If they ever try to recreate what he did, it has to been done right, authentic and real with soul! That's what Don displayed. "
Try
Soul
Music
" Especially when the expectations become so high of you, you always remember the last record that might have been really successful, and you're trying to outdo that or trying to make something that does not sound like the last record. "
Remember
You
Successful
" Everybody is doing the same old thing. "
Old Thing
Everybody
Doing
" He was like, 'I want to get in the studio with you.' Who turns down Pharrell? "
He
Who
Want
" Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music. "
Creative
Hip-Hop
Music
" 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. "
Just
Crazy
Like
" 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. "
Long
Feel
Long Time
" 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. "
College
People
Talent
" I always said if a man would have done half the records that I've done, we would know about it. But we don't know all the records I've done for other artists. "
Know
Said
Half
" I am very scared of wasps; my cousin was stung in the eye once. "
Eye
Am
Once
" I believe that tracks speak to me. Some tracks make me write certain music or make me feel sad or inspire me to write a sad love song. Each track has its feeling to me. "
Inspire
Love
Believe
" I can't complain. I think when you get to a certain point, you shouldn't complain because there's so many people who would kill to get to this point. "
Point
People
Who
" I couldn't write because my nervous system was so bad - I couldn't even use a pen. "
Write
System
Pen
" I didn't want to be a genius! That ain't cool. "
Genius
Cool
Want
" 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. "
Want
Artist
Control
" I do Dance Dance Revolution. I'm not as good as the little kids that come in the arcade. Their little feet go crazy fast. I'm not that fast, but I'm good on it! "
Revolution
Go
Good
" I don't just throw out microwave records. "
Microwave
Out
Throw
" I don't think Puffy knows what he did for hip-hop. Because he intertwined hip-hop and R&B so that people weren't intimidated. "
Hip-Hop
He
Did
" I don't want to be oh-so-brag-about-it, but 'The Rain' is hot. "
Rain
Hot
Want
" I don't want to get caught up and be an artist always on the go. Because once you do that, it's hard to get into the studio and do what I do. "
Want
You
Hard
" I'd stand on the side of the road when I was just a little girl singing on trash cans. People would roll down their windows saying, 'Isn't she cute'. I had a vivid imagination. I always pretended it was some big stage. "
Imagination
Cute
Girl
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