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" 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. "
Missy Elliott
Want
You
Hard
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" If I'm paying people, and they're not handling my business right, I have to check them. 'Cause sometimes you're nice, and people don't jump on what they're supposed to do, but if you go in there screaming at everybody - 'Look, why aren't my posters up?' or 'Why wasn't my single out on this day?' - then they jump right on it. "
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" 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. "
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" When you are creating to the magnitude that I try to create, your brain is like a computer, and you need to refresh. "
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" I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist. "
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" I don't just throw out microwave records. "
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" I used to put all my doll babies on my bed with their hands up and I would do full shows for them. I'd even do the screaming and clapping. I was bugging to be a singer. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I am very scared of wasps; my cousin was stung in the eye once. "
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Am
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" The reason I stay home more is because I realise that my blood pressure started going up. "
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" When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are. "
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" 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. "
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" I have to respect her family, and until they come and say, 'We're ready to do an Aaliyah album,' then I don't really want to come and try to get into that because that's very sensitive. "
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" I'll stay in my house and watch 'Lockup,' the prison show. "
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" I try not to be cruel to people. I know there's a karma, and I'm constantly thinking of my blessings. I live and die by being a Baptist. If I can't go to church on a Sunday, I'll get a tape by the Clark Sisters and slide it in for the day. "
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" I got to feel like what I'm giving the fans is 100 percent and that it's game-changing. "
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" 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. "
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