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" The double chin's not good for the red carpet. "
Missy Elliott
Red
Good
Double
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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. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" When I'm in the studio, I like to be in there by myself because if I'm in the mike room, and I look out and see people talking, or they're not nodding their head or rocking to the music, it makes me feel like it don't sound good, or I'll be scared to really open up vocally because I might mess up, and they might be in there laughing. "
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" I've always had a lot of creative impact on the music with Timbaland. "
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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'm not a person that's walkin' down the street looking mean all day. "
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" I love my mother. She's my first love. She has been through a lot and is a sole survivor. "
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" I got caught up in doing records for other artists. I just stayed behind the scenes, and time just kinda passed. "
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" People are quick to be like, 'You're irrelevant. You're a flop; you're washed up.' "
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" 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. "
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You
Chicken
" 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. "
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" 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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Doll
Singer
Up
" 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. "
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" Breaking news: there is only one Missy. "
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Only
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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.' "
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Writing
Teacher
School
" 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
Me
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" 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. "
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Enough
Never
" 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! "
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" I'd stand on the side of the road when I was just a little girl singing on trash cans. People would roll down their windows saying, 'Isn't she cute'. I had a vivid imagination. I always pretended it was some big stage. "
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" I wasn't born a superstar. "
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" I think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara. "
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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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" I still represent for overweight adults and kids, but I am also now painfully and personally aware of the health issues. "
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" When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are. "
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" 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. "
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Time
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" Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down. "
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" I know how domestic violence can affect a family, and I want to do everything I can to stop it from happening to others. The most important thing we can do is teach kids that they can break the cycle. "
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Important
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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. "
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