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" 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. "

Missy Elliott

Know

Said

Half

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" 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. "

" I've only ever had two vacations in my whole career, and I've been in the industry over twenty-something years! "

" I'll stay in my house and watch 'Lockup,' the prison show. "

" You have to be ready to sing and perform at any time. "

" I got more shy as I got older and realized people could be laughing at me or judging me. "

Missy Elliott

Judging

" I still don't want no broke dude! I'm open to offers, but he's got to be stable. I see a lot of friends who feel they have to be with a man, but they always pick the wrong one. Are there any right ones? "

" Everybody is doing the same old thing. "

" I want to make something commercial that people can pick up on. "

Missy Elliott

Want

Something

" 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. "

" I never record in front of anybody. "

" I talked about my father being abusive to my mother - people have never heard me talk about anything like that. That brings people a little bit more personal with Missy. "

Missy Elliott

Father

Talk

" 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. "

" When I first started out in the music industry and went to Elektra Records, I didn't go to be an artist, I went to get a record label started. And they said in order to have a label deal, I had to be an artist - so that's what I did. "

Missy Elliott

Said

Started

" Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down. "

" I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine. "

" My blood pressure was always up from just overworking. "

Missy Elliott

Blood

Pressure

" I think it's being innovative and very creative to stay away from flat-out sampling somebody else's record. To me, that doesn't show too much of your creative side unless you take a little piece and add it, almost like spice on a chicken. "

" When you turn on your radio, you don't always want to hear about someone shootin' some person. Even if that's the lifestyle they live, people don't always want to hear it. "

" 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. "

" Left Eye is a a rare gem. "

" 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. "

" I want to be cutting-edge. "

Missy Elliott

Cutting-Edge

Want

" My imagination is so far out there already. People couldn't imagine what goes on in my brain. "

" I love my mother. She's my first love. She has been through a lot and is a sole survivor. "

" There's that saying: 'God gave you talent, and if you don't use it He'll take it away from you.' And I always said, 'I don't want God to come down and take my talents away.' So, by using all these talents and being successful in all of them, I've always got something to fall back on. "

" If I wanted to do 'The Missing Files of Missy Elliott,' I have probably six albums just sitting there. "

" I think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara. "

Missy Elliott

Think

I Think

" I didn't want to be a genius! That ain't cool. "