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I want people to feel the heat while they walk down the street and they're just kickin' it.

Before, you only had one Public Enemy and one Rakim and one Salt 'N' Pepa. Now, people have got the formula, and some of them are just doing it for the cheque. It's kind of watered down.

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I love my mother. She's my first love. She has been through a lot and is a sole survivor.

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Music should be your escape.

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I try not to be cruel to people. I know there's a karma, and I'm constantly thinking of my blessings. I live and die by being a Baptist. If I can't go to church on a Sunday, I'll get a tape by the Clark Sisters and slide it in for the day.

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When you are creating to the magnitude that I try to create, your brain is like a computer, and you need to refresh.

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I still go on YouTube and watch the old performances and the 'Soul Train' lines. I'm still amazed by how much soul and funk the music and dancers had.

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

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

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I never record in front of anybody.

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It could be hectic sometimes when you're being an artist and running a label at the same time. But there are times when you just have to say that this my time period to work on my stuff, and then you say this is the time to concentrate on my artists.

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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.

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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.

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Everybody is doing the same old thing.

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Now everybody's sampling.

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I want people to feel the heat while they walk down the street and they're just kickin' it.

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What my home life is like now is great.

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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

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

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It feels different.... When hip-hop was beginning for me, people weren't making the kind of money that they make now. It was for the love of doing it and having fun with it.

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I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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I wasn't born a superstar.

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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.

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

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When I first started in the business, I spent so much! Staying in a Trump Hotel for two years, spending eight Gs a month just living.

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I got caught up in doing records for other artists. I just stayed behind the scenes, and time just kinda passed.

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My blood pressure was always up from just overworking.

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

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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.

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

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I ain't no icon. It's people like Patti LaBelle, somebody like that's an icon. I'm just Missy. I'm just crazy, that's all.

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When I create something, it's got to be special, and it can't just be to throw something out there because I feel like I'm Missy.

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I know how domestic violence can affect a family, and I want to do everything I can to stop it from happening to others. The most important thing we can do is teach kids that they can break the cycle.

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