Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" You get people who rap about stuff that they don't do all day long. Half those guys, you hear them on the radio, and then you meet them, and you're like, 'Wow. They're so sweet.' "

Missy Elliott

Long

Meet

People

Related Quotes:

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

Missy Elliott

Judging

" I believe that tracks speak to me. Some tracks make me write certain music or make me feel sad or inspire me to write a sad love song. Each track has its feeling to me. "

" I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father. "

" I know that some people shy away from what I say. They think it is too blunt, but when you don't give people that, they feel like you are being fake and you're not telling the truth. So it's like, you want me to tell the truth, but when I do, it's too much for you. "

" He was like, 'I want to get in the studio with you.' Who turns down Pharrell? "

Missy Elliott

Who

Want

" Don Cornelius was a genius. He created a show where he was breaking artists' songs. If you were on his show, he made the consumer want to go out and purchase your music. He will be greatly missed. If they ever try to recreate what he did, it has to been done right, authentic and real with soul! That's what Don displayed. "

" 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 couldn't write because my nervous system was so bad - I couldn't even use a pen. "

" My imagination is so far out there already. People couldn't imagine what goes on in my brain. "

" My first love is writing and producing. So I sometimes put my own stuff off to work on other people's projects. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I am very scared of wasps; my cousin was stung in the eye once. "

Missy Elliott

Eye

Once

" I hear a lot of influence from me and Timbaland's whole sound in a lot of records of today. But if you have classics like that, then I'm sure you gotta expect that it's gonna influence some people. So, I'm fine with that. "

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

" The double chin's not good for the red carpet. "

" No, I'm a flirtatious person; I'll flirt all day long, but it really is hard to get into that when I'm so into the music, and I'm in the studio all day long and all night sometimes. That's not an exaggeration. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Missy Elliott

Foot

Mentor

" The reason I stay home more is because I realise that my blood pressure started going up. "

Missy Elliott

Pressure

Reason

" I never drank water. Always soda. I didn't use to like water, but I've had to train myself to drink it. "

" I have to respect her family, and until they come and say, 'We're ready to do an Aaliyah album,' then I don't really want to come and try to get into that because that's very sensitive. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" If I wanted to do 'The Missing Files of Missy Elliott,' I have probably six albums just sitting there. "