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" I never drank water. Always soda. I didn't use to like water, but I've had to train myself to drink it. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Rule number one in negotiating anything with Missy is never try and run me over. Never push me, because I am a very strong woman. I'm nice, but I'm very strong. When it gets down gritty, I can get grittier. Never, ever underestimate me. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I want people to feel the heat while they walk down the street and they're just kickin' it. "

" The person I eventually find will have to like me and my style. "

" 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. "

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

" Left Eye is a a rare gem. "

" When I first started out in the music industry and went to Elektra Records, I didn't go to be an artist, I went to get a record label started. And they said in order to have a label deal, I had to be an artist - so that's what I did. "

" 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? "

" I've learnt to be happy by myself. "

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

" I remember, in school, writing Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson and asking them to come get me out of class. I would imagine them running down the hall and asking my teacher, 'Ms. Daniels, can we get Missy out of class? We're here to see Missy.' "

" 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. "

" I don't just throw out microwave records. "

" 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 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 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Now everybody's sampling. "

" Music should be your escape. "

" 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. "

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