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

" When I'm in the studio, I like to be in there by myself because if I'm in the mike room, and I look out and see people talking, or they're not nodding their head or rocking to the music, it makes me feel like it don't sound good, or I'll be scared to really open up vocally because I might mess up, and they might be in there laughing. "

" I never stopped recording, but I went through a period where... The one thing that a lot of people don't know is that for as long as I've been as artist, I've been a writer and a producer. "

" Music is a male-dominated field. "

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

" 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. "

" I remember having mice in the house and my father taking some newspaper and beating me because mice was running on me while I was asleep. "

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

" When you turn on your radio, you don't always want to hear about someone shootin' some person. Even if that's the lifestyle they live, people don't always want to hear it. "

" Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" I was very disturbed to find that a few people were angry at my weight loss. "

" I think it's hard for Aaliyah to be duplicated, because she had her own lane. "

" I think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara. "

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

" I've always had a lot of creative impact on the music with Timbaland. "

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

" Before, you only had one Public Enemy and one Rakim and one Salt 'N' Pepa. Now, people have got the formula, and some of them are just doing it for the cheque. It's kind of watered down. "

" I always said if a man would have done half the records that I've done, we would know about it. But we don't know all the records I've done for other artists. "

" 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. "

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

" I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father. "

" If you got talent, you just have to do you. "

" 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. "

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

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