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Left Eye is a a rare gem.
Now everybody's sampling.
I wasn't born a superstar.
Music should be your escape.
I've learnt to be happy by myself.
Everybody is doing the same old thing.
What my home life is like now is great.
Breaking news: there is only one Missy.
I don't just throw out microwave records.
If you got talent, you just have to do you.
The double chin's not good for the red carpet.
I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist.
I think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara.
You have to be ready to sing and perform at any time.
My blood pressure was always up from just overworking.
I most definitely want kids, but I'll probably adopt kids.
I don't want to be oh-so-brag-about-it, but 'The Rain' is hot.
Before Missy, there was no comparison to what Missy was doing.
I want to make something commercial that people can pick up on.
I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine.
I am very scared of wasps; my cousin was stung in the eye once.
I'm not a person that's walkin' down the street looking mean all day.
I've always had a lot of creative impact on the music with Timbaland.
I was very disturbed to find that a few people were angry at my weight loss.
I think it's hard for Aaliyah to be duplicated, because she had her own lane.
He was like, 'I want to get in the studio with you.' Who turns down Pharrell?
Seeing my mother become very strong and very independent had a huge impact on me.
Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music.
People are quick to be like, 'You're irrelevant. You're a flop; you're washed up.'
I couldn't write because my nervous system was so bad - I couldn't even use a pen.
I'd stand on the side of the road when I was just a little girl singing on trash cans.
What I love about Kanye is that he doesn't fit the mould either. He does what he feels.
I got more shy as I got older and realized people could be laughing at me or judging me.
The reason I stay home more is because I realise that my blood pressure started going up.
I love my mother. She's my first love. She has been through a lot and is a sole survivor.
I want people to feel the heat while they walk down the street and they're just kickin' it.
When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are.
Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down.
I was always feisty, always that kid that would be on the porch with a hairbrush singing or rapping.
If I wanted to do 'The Missing Files of Missy Elliott,' I have probably six albums just sitting there.
I never drank water. Always soda. I didn't use to like water, but I've had to train myself to drink it.
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.
My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father.
My first love is writing and producing. So I sometimes put my own stuff off to work on other people's projects.
I've only ever had two vacations in my whole career, and I've been in the industry over twenty-something years!
I got caught up in doing records for other artists. I just stayed behind the scenes, and time just kinda passed.
If anybody calls me a female Quincy Jones, that's way, way complimentary. That's something I'll cherish for life.
When you think of Missy, you can't say, 'Missy reminded me of someone else.' There was no Missy comparison before.
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.
When you are creating to the magnitude that I try to create, your brain is like a computer, and you need to refresh.