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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Missy Elliott

Back

Enough

Never

" Left Eye is a a rare gem. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" Before, you only had one Public Enemy and one Rakim and one Salt 'N' Pepa. Now, people have got the formula, and some of them are just doing it for the cheque. It's kind of watered down. "

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

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

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

" When you turn on your radio, you don't always want to hear about someone shootin' some person. Even if that's the lifestyle they live, people don't always want to hear it. "

" 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

" I didn't want to be a genius! That ain't cool. "

" 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

" 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. "

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

Missy Elliott

Irrelevant

People

" 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 think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara. "

Missy Elliott

Think

I Think

" I think it's being innovative and very creative to stay away from flat-out sampling somebody else's record. To me, that doesn't show too much of your creative side unless you take a little piece and add it, almost like spice on a chicken. "

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

" I got to feel like what I'm giving the fans is 100 percent and that it's game-changing. "

Missy Elliott

Got

Percent

" Maybe I should find myself one of those sexy British soccer stars. David Beckham is hot. But I've got a hell of a lot of competition. "

" I'll stay in my house and watch 'Lockup,' the prison show. "

" I wasn't born a superstar. "

Missy Elliott

Born

Superstar

" Music is a male-dominated field. "

Missy Elliott

Music

Field

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

" I'm not a person that's walkin' down the street looking mean all day. "