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" I feel like, O.K., if I can make it as a singer, then let me try rapping. If I can make it as a rapper, then let me try writing. All right? If I make it as a rap singer and writer, then why not try to produce? I don't feel limited in any way. "

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" 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. "

Missy Elliott

Myself

Love

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

" It's just that back then we didn't know that was considered being a coproducer. I would sit on the side and say what I wanted musically, but at the time we thought if you aren't the one playing it, you don't get the credit. Now you'll start seeing my name listed as producer. "

" Music is a male-dominated field. "

Missy Elliott

Music

Field

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

" I'm not a person that's walkin' down the street looking mean all day. "

" 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. "

" I got caught up in doing records for other artists. I just stayed behind the scenes, and time just kinda passed. "

" No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing. "

" I don't want to be oh-so-brag-about-it, but 'The Rain' is hot. "

" Now everybody's sampling. "

" No matter what I'm doing for myself or someone else, I'm constantly writing and working on other people's albums. "

" My father was very abusive, and it was hard for my mother at first to leave because we had depended on him for so long. Sometimes you kind of get adjusted to getting that beating. "

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

" When I first started in the business, I spent so much! Staying in a Trump Hotel for two years, spending eight Gs a month just living. "

" I was always feisty, always that kid that would be on the porch with a hairbrush singing or rapping. "

" Music should be your escape. "

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

Missy Elliott

Want

Something

" I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist. "

" When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are. "

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

" Everybody is doing the same old thing. "

" If anybody calls me a female Quincy Jones, that's way, way complimentary. That's something I'll cherish for life. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "