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

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" 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 want to make something commercial that people can pick up on. "

" 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. "

" When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are. "

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

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

" I want to be cutting-edge. "

" I always feel the need to work as if I don't have a deal, because that's what's going to keep me around for a long time. "

" 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? "

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

" I do Dance Dance Revolution. I'm not as good as the little kids that come in the arcade. Their little feet go crazy fast. I'm not that fast, but I'm good on it! "

" 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. "

" I talked about my father being abusive to my mother - people have never heard me talk about anything like that. That brings people a little bit more personal with Missy. "

" 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. "

" I remember having mice in the house and my father taking some newspaper and beating me because mice was running on me while I was asleep. "

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

" Music is a male-dominated field. "

" Left Eye is a a rare gem. "

" 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 think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara. "

" Rule number one in negotiating anything with Missy is never try and run me over. Never push me, because I am a very strong woman. I'm nice, but I'm very strong. When it gets down gritty, I can get grittier. Never, ever underestimate me. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I was always feisty, always that kid that would be on the porch with a hairbrush singing or rapping. "

" I got more shy as I got older and realized people could be laughing at me or judging 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. "

" It feels different.... When hip-hop was beginning for me, people weren't making the kind of money that they make now. It was for the love of doing it and having fun with it. "

" Now everybody's sampling. "