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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. "

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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.' "

" There's that saying: 'God gave you talent, and if you don't use it He'll take it away from you.' And I always said, 'I don't want God to come down and take my talents away.' So, by using all these talents and being successful in all of them, I've always got something to fall back on. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

" Everybody is doing the same old thing. "

" 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. "

" The fun part of being an entertainer is that you call up Six Flags, and you say, 'I'm coming,' and you get to get on all the rides before everyone. I hate standing in line. "

" 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. "

" Seeing my mother become very strong and very independent had a huge impact on me. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

" I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I want to be cutting-edge. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm not a person that's walkin' down the street looking mean all day. "

" 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. "

" When I first started out in the music industry and went to Elektra Records, I didn't go to be an artist, I went to get a record label started. And they said in order to have a label deal, I had to be an artist - so that's what I did. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "