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" When you turn on your radio, you don't always want to hear about someone shootin' some person. Even if that's the lifestyle they live, people don't always want to hear it. "
Missy Elliott
Live
Someone
You
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" I don't want to get caught up and be an artist always on the go. Because once you do that, it's hard to get into the studio and do what I do. "
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You
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" If you got talent, you just have to do you. "
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Just
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" 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. "
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People
Money
" 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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Doing
Down
" My first love is writing and producing. So I sometimes put my own stuff off to work on other people's projects. "
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Love
People
" 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. "
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Fun
You
Say
" If I wanted to do 'The Missing Files of Missy Elliott,' I have probably six albums just sitting there. "
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Wanted
Just
Missing
" I got to feel like what I'm giving the fans is 100 percent and that it's game-changing. "
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Got
Percent
Like
" 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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Revolution
Go
Good
" Left Eye is a a rare gem. "
Missy Elliott
Left
Eye
Rare
" 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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God
Time
Thank God
" 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. "
Missy Elliott
Artist
Where
People
" 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. "
Missy Elliott
Hands
Others
People
" 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. "
Missy Elliott
Father
You
Sometimes
" I wasn't born a superstar. "
Missy Elliott
Born
Superstar
" 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. "
Missy Elliott
Myself
Love
Me
" 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. "
Missy Elliott
She
Work
Doing
" When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are. "
Missy Elliott
Want
Looking
Size
" I think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara. "
Missy Elliott
Think
Like
I Think
" If anybody calls me a female Quincy Jones, that's way, way complimentary. That's something I'll cherish for life. "
Missy Elliott
Way
Calls
Something
" 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. "
Missy Elliott
Feel
Create
Special
" The reason I stay home more is because I realise that my blood pressure started going up. "
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Pressure
Up
Reason
" I couldn't write because my nervous system was so bad - I couldn't even use a pen. "
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Write
System
Pen
" 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
" 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. "
Missy Elliott
Said
Started
Go
" 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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Behind
Got
Just
" 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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Copy
Feel
Hot
" 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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Know
Important
Family
" Me personally, I don't ask too much, but I do ask Him to continue to bless me successfully, financially, and just to keep me humble. "
Missy Elliott
Ask
Humble
Him
" My blood pressure was always up from just overworking. "
Missy Elliott
Blood
Up
Pressure