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" I still represent for overweight adults and kids, but I am also now painfully and personally aware of the health issues. "

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

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

" 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! "

" Breaking news: there is only one Missy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I never record in front of anybody. "

" When you are creating to the magnitude that I try to create, your brain is like a computer, and you need to refresh. "

" I talked about my father being abusive to my mother - people have never heard me talk about anything like that. That brings people a little bit more personal with Missy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 want to dip my foot in some acting. And most definitely want to mentor upcoming artists and give them the wisdom that was given to me. "

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

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

" He was like, 'I want to get in the studio with you.' Who turns down Pharrell? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" If I wanted to do 'The Missing Files of Missy Elliott,' I have probably six albums just sitting there. "

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

" 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 think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara. "

" 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 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. "

" Its funny, because for females in general - not just in music, but the corporate ladder as well - anything we do has always been harder for us. When it comes to music, the industry wants you to conform, to look like this and to sound like this and do this or that. It makes it harder. It's harder for us to come out and be bosses and lead the pack. "