American - Musician | July 1, 1971 -
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
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Breaking news: there is only one Missy.
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I guess my friends probably think I'm one of the lamest when it comes to doing stuff.
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I'll stay in my house and watch 'Lockup,' the prison show.
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The reason I stay home more is because I realise that my blood pressure started going up.
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I've only ever had two vacations in my whole career, and I've been in the industry over twenty-something years!
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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.
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Before Missy, there was no comparison to what Missy was doing.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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