Missy Elliott Quotations

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Missy is still going to be Missy. Whatever I get on, it's still me. If I do a record with Madonna or Mariah Carey, even if I did a record with Faith Hill, it's still going to be a Missy record.

It was both scary and liberating, ... When you've been working with someone for that many albums, you feel the world won't be able to accept you without him.

I was going to marry you/ Have kids with you/ Stay true to you/ Live life with you.

She's hot, ... Soon as I heard her album I thought, 'I gotta get this girl on my album.' I'm good at spotting new sounds, and M.I.A. is definitely the artist right now with that sound.

I got to thank God because that's my inspiration for everything that I do.