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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. "

Missy Elliott

God

Time

Thank God

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Missy Elliott

Think

I Think

" Seeing my mother become very strong and very independent had a huge impact on me. "

" 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. "

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

" I felt like, 'How do I fit in?' But then I never fit in. The whole time, I've never fit in. "

Missy Elliott

Whole

Time

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

" When something is so hot, I don't want to just jump on it right away. I want to take it home and make sure I give it my best shot. "

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

Missy Elliott

Want

Something

" 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. "

" Before Missy, there was no comparison to what Missy was doing. "

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

Missy Elliott

Blood

Pressure

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

Missy Elliott

Judging

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

" The reason I stay home more is because I realise that my blood pressure started going up. "

Missy Elliott

Pressure

Reason

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The double chin's not good for the red carpet. "

" 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. "

" When you think of Missy, you can't say, 'Missy reminded me of someone else.' There was no Missy comparison before. "

Missy Elliott

Say

Comparison

" I wasn't born a superstar. "

Missy Elliott

Born

Superstar

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

" Me personally, I don't ask too much, but I do ask Him to continue to bless me successfully, financially, and just to keep me humble. "

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

" I am very scared of wasps; my cousin was stung in the eye once. "

Missy Elliott

Eye

Once

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My first love is writing and producing. So I sometimes put my own stuff off to work on other people's projects. "