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" 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. "

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" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" Things happen in your life, and then you can write something else instead of the same three topics - like, how many times can we write about the clubs? "

" A lot of times, I walk down the street and listen to people argue, and then I write a song about it. "

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

" 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. "

" I love to see women just have on their own, and you watch the guys do it all the time. They go out on the road with each other - probably don't even like each other, but they going to get that money. "

" 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! "

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

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

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

" What my home life is like now is great. "

" It feels different.... When hip-hop was beginning for me, people weren't making the kind of money that they make now. It was for the love of doing it and having fun with it. "

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

" People are quick to be like, 'You're irrelevant. You're a flop; you're washed up.' "

" I wasn't born a superstar. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 have to respect her family, and until they come and say, 'We're ready to do an Aaliyah album,' then I don't really want to come and try to get into that because that's very sensitive. "

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

" Left Eye is a a rare gem. "

" I never record in front of anybody. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "