Missy Elliott Quotes

Missy Elliott

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 1, 1971

Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative, original music.

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Everybody is doing the same old thing.

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When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are.

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I want to be cutting-edge.

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I want to make something commercial that people can pick up on.

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I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist.

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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.

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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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I'm not a person that's walkin' down the street looking mean all day.

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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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You have to be ready to sing and perform at any time.

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

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What my home life is like now is great.

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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.

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

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I'd stand on the side of the road when I was just a little girl singing on trash cans.

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I used to put all my doll babies on my bed with their hands up and I would do full shows for them. I'd even do the screaming and clapping. I was bugging to be a singer.

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I'm blessed to be living this dream of writing and singing, but that's not the real dream I had. The real dream was to make enough money to take care of all the pain and suffering that my mother has been through.

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