Missy Elliott Quotes

Missy Elliott

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 1, 1971

If you got talent, you just have to do you.

Missy Elliott

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.

Missy Elliott

I always have been an entertainer, whether it's been joking or performing for people. And I always thought I had a talent, because I could rap and I could sing, and I did write. And all the other kids were going to college, but I just felt like I had to do this first, and if it didn't work, then I would go to college.

Missy Elliott

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.

Missy Elliott

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

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

Missy Elliott

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.

Missy Elliott

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.

Missy Elliott

I don't think Puffy knows what he did for hip-hop. Because he intertwined hip-hop and R&B so that people weren't intimidated.

Missy Elliott

Breaking news: there is only one Missy.

Missy Elliott

I guess my friends probably think I'm one of the lamest when it comes to doing stuff.

Missy Elliott

I'll stay in my house and watch 'Lockup,' the prison show.

Missy Elliott

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

Missy Elliott

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.

Missy Elliott

Before Missy, there was no comparison to what Missy was doing.

Missy Elliott

When you think of Missy, you can't say, 'Missy reminded me of someone else.' There was no Missy comparison before.

Missy Elliott

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.

Missy Elliott

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

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

My blood pressure was always up from just overworking.

Missy Elliott