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" I felt like, 'How do I fit in?' But then I never fit in. The whole time, I've never fit in. "
Missy Elliott
Like
Whole
Time
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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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Got
Percent
Like
" 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
Think
You
Black
" I most definitely want kids, but I'll probably adopt kids. "
Missy Elliott
Kids
Most
Want
" No matter what I'm doing for myself or someone else, I'm constantly writing and working on other people's albums. "
Missy Elliott
Doing
Myself
People
" 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. "
Missy Elliott
Try
Feel
I Can
" He was like, 'I want to get in the studio with you.' Who turns down Pharrell? "
Missy Elliott
He
Who
Want
" I think it's hard for Aaliyah to be duplicated, because she had her own lane. "
Missy Elliott
She
Own
Lane
" I'm blessed to be living this dream of writing and singing, but that's not the real dream I had. The real dream was to make enough money to take care of all the pain and suffering that my mother has been through. "
Missy Elliott
Pain
Blessed
Money
" I don't want to be oh-so-brag-about-it, but 'The Rain' is hot. "
Missy Elliott
Rain
Hot
Want
" I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father. "
Missy Elliott
Got
Mother
She
" I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all found something that's really important to us, and music is all we've really got. "
Missy Elliott
Generation
Unity
Hip-Hop
" 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. "
Missy Elliott
Imagination
Cute
Girl
" Seeing my mother become very strong and very independent had a huge impact on me. "
Missy Elliott
Mother
Seeing
Had
" The double chin's not good for the red carpet. "
Missy Elliott
Red
Good
Double
" Music should be your escape. "
Missy Elliott
Your
Should
Music
" You have to be ready to sing and perform at any time. "
Missy Elliott
Ready
Time
You
" My first love is writing and producing. So I sometimes put my own stuff off to work on other people's projects. "
Missy Elliott
Love Is
Love
People
" 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
College
People
Talent
" 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. "
Missy Elliott
Doll
Singer
Up
" 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
Back
Enough
Never
" 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. "
Missy Elliott
Remember
You
Successful
" A lot of times, I walk down the street and listen to people argue, and then I write a song about it. "
Missy Elliott
Street
Walk
Song
" Music is a male-dominated field. Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down. "
Missy Elliott
Women
Sometimes
Music
" If I wanted to do 'The Missing Files of Missy Elliott,' I have probably six albums just sitting there. "
Missy Elliott
Wanted
Just
Missing
" 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. "
Missy Elliott
Trials
See
Personal
" 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
Long
Feel
Long Time
" 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
Sometimes
Day
Hard
" 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
Want
Artist
Control
" 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
Humble
I Am
Mother
" 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! "
Missy Elliott
Revolution
Go
Good