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" 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. "

Missy Elliott

Humble

I Am

Mother

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" Music is a male-dominated field. "

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Music

Field

" Especially when the expectations become so high of you, you always remember the last record that might have been really successful, and you're trying to outdo that or trying to make something that does not sound like the last record. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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" A lot of people don't know that before the artist, I wanted to be a writer and producer. That's always been a love of mine. Its easy for me to do it on myself, but it's fun to create for someone else. "

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Myself

Love

" 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. "

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Foot

Mentor

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

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