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" I go out and date people, but I don't have that relationship, where you know, I'm like Jennifer Lopez, like I'm going to get married. "

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" You don't make any money being an artist. Writing and producing? You get your money from that. You live comfortable. "

" 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. "

" Music is a male-dominated field. "

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

" When I create something, it's got to be special, and it can't just be to throw something out there because I feel like I'm Missy. "

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

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

" I hear a lot of influence from me and Timbaland's whole sound in a lot of records of today. But if you have classics like that, then I'm sure you gotta expect that it's gonna influence some people. So, I'm fine with that. "

" 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. "

" I believe that tracks speak to me. Some tracks make me write certain music or make me feel sad or inspire me to write a sad love song. Each track has its feeling to me. "

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

" 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. "

" 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? "

" Maybe I should find myself one of those sexy British soccer stars. David Beckham is hot. But I've got a hell of a lot of competition. "

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

" It could be hectic sometimes when you're being an artist and running a label at the same time. But there are times when you just have to say that this my time period to work on my stuff, and then you say this is the time to concentrate on my artists. "

" 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. "

" Music should be your escape. "

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

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

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

" I still go on YouTube and watch the old performances and the 'Soul Train' lines. I'm still amazed by how much soul and funk the music and dancers had. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't think Puffy knows what he did for hip-hop. Because he intertwined hip-hop and R&B so that people weren't intimidated. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "