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" 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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" 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. "

Missy Elliott

Respect

Try

Want

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

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

" 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 think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara. "

Missy Elliott

Think

I Think

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" A lot of times, I walk down the street and listen to people argue, and then I write a song about it. "

" I guess my friends probably think I'm one of the lamest when it comes to doing stuff. "

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

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

Missy Elliott

Will

Style

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

" I want people to feel the heat while they walk down the street and they're just kickin' it. "

" 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. "

" I ain't no icon. It's people like Patti LaBelle, somebody like that's an icon. I'm just Missy. I'm just crazy, that's all. "

Missy Elliott

Just

Crazy

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

" 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. "

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

" My mother helped me to be who I am: to have strength and not to let people run all over me and yet to be humble; to realise that all of this that I have today could be gone. "

" 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 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. "

Missy Elliott

Foot

Mentor

" Music is a male-dominated field. "

Missy Elliott

Music

Field

" 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. "

" 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 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. "