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" When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are. "
Missy Elliott
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" 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. "
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" My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father. "
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" I go out and date people, but I don't have that relationship, where you know, I'm like Jennifer Lopez, like I'm going to get married. "
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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 learnt to be happy by myself. "
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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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" A lot of people don't know a lot of records that I've written or produced, so that's a highlight for me as a woman. "
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" I want to be cutting-edge. "
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" 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? "
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" The reason I stay home more is because I realise that my blood pressure started going up. "
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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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" No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing. "
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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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" If anybody calls me a female Quincy Jones, that's way, way complimentary. That's something I'll cherish for life. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I never stopped recording, but I went through a period where... The one thing that a lot of people don't know is that for as long as I've been as artist, I've been a writer and a producer. "
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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 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. "
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Others
People
" What my home life is like now is great. "
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