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" 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.' "

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" 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. "

" Music should be your escape. "

" 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. "

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

" I don't want to be oh-so-brag-about-it, but 'The Rain' is hot. "

" I still don't want no broke dude! I'm open to offers, but he's got to be stable. I see a lot of friends who feel they have to be with a man, but they always pick the wrong one. Are there any right ones? "

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

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

" No matter what I'm doing for myself or someone else, I'm constantly writing and working on other people's albums. "

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

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Home

Now

" 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 think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara. "

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I Think

" Left Eye is a a rare gem. "

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

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

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Living

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" No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing. "

" 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. "

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

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" 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.' "