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

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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. "

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

" I got caught up in doing records for other artists. I just stayed behind the scenes, and time just kinda passed. "

" I think it's hard for Aaliyah to be duplicated, because she had her own lane. "

" 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 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 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.' "

" I think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara. "

" A lot of people don't do this. You can count on a couple of hands probably how many artists also produce and write, both for themselves and for others, and are able to be successful at both things. "

" I still go on YouTube and watch the old performances and the 'Soul Train' lines. I'm still amazed by how much soul and funk the music and dancers had. "

" Music is a male-dominated field. Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down. "

" 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. "

" Everybody is doing the same old thing. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

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

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

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

" I never record in front of anybody. "

" 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. "

" I used to put all my doll babies on my bed with their hands up and I would do full shows for them. I'd even do the screaming and clapping. I was bugging to be a singer. "

" I know that some people shy away from what I say. They think it is too blunt, but when you don't give people that, they feel like you are being fake and you're not telling the truth. So it's like, you want me to tell the truth, but when I do, it's too much for you. "

" I felt like, 'How do I fit in'? I'm battling. But then I never fit in!'... I thank God for somebody like Pharrell who stayed in my ear. For him, at that time, 'Happy' was everywhere; he didn't have to share anything with me. "

" 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. "

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

" Music is a male-dominated field. "

" I am very scared of wasps; my cousin was stung in the eye once. "