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

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" 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. "

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

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

" You get people who rap about stuff that they don't do all day long. Half those guys, you hear them on the radio, and then you meet them, and you're like, 'Wow. They're so sweet.' "

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

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

" 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. "

" When I first started in the business, I spent so much! Staying in a Trump Hotel for two years, spending eight Gs a month just living. "

" I try not to be cruel to people. I know there's a karma, and I'm constantly thinking of my blessings. I live and die by being a Baptist. If I can't go to church on a Sunday, I'll get a tape by the Clark Sisters and slide it in for the day. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" We're told that to be fly, you gotta have a fly car, the rims on your wheels, the fly jewels, and that to work a regular job and make legal money is uncool. "

" Now everybody's sampling. "

" I most definitely want kids, but I'll probably adopt kids. "

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

" I know how domestic violence can affect a family, and I want to do everything I can to stop it from happening to others. The most important thing we can do is teach kids that they can break the cycle. "

" 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 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 can't complain. I think when you get to a certain point, you shouldn't complain because there's so many people who would kill to get to this point. "

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

" Music is a male-dominated field. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Left Eye is a a rare gem. "