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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. "

Missy Elliott

Imagination

Cute

Girl

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Missy Elliott

Judging

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Missy Elliott

Fit

Feels

" 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. "

Missy Elliott

Hip-Hop

Did

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

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

Missy Elliott

Whole

Time

" 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. "

" My father was very abusive, and it was hard for my mother at first to leave because we had depended on him for so long. Sometimes you kind of get adjusted to getting that beating. "

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

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" When something is so hot, I don't want to just jump on it right away. I want to take it home and make sure I give it my best shot. "

" 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. "

Missy Elliott

Said

Started

" It's just that back then we didn't know that was considered being a coproducer. I would sit on the side and say what I wanted musically, but at the time we thought if you aren't the one playing it, you don't get the credit. Now you'll start seeing my name listed as producer. "

" 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? "

Missy Elliott

You

Life

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" Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music. "