Missy Elliott Quotes

Missy Elliott

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 1, 1971

I remember, in school, writing Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson and asking them to come get me out of class. I would imagine them running down the hall and asking my teacher, 'Ms. Daniels, can we get Missy out of class? We're here to see Missy.'

Missy Elliott

Music is a male-dominated field.

Missy Elliott

Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down.

Missy Elliott

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.

Missy Elliott

I remember having mice in the house and my father taking some newspaper and beating me because mice was running on me while I was asleep.

Missy Elliott

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.

Missy Elliott

The person I eventually find will have to like me and my style.

Missy Elliott

A lot of times, I walk down the street and listen to people argue, and then I write a song about it.

Missy Elliott

Especially when the expectations become so high of you, you always remember the last record that might have been really successful, and you're trying to outdo that or trying to make something that does not sound like the last record.

Missy Elliott