Author Profile
Missy Elliott
1971 • American • Musician
60
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 60 quotesI 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
My first love is writing and producing. So I sometimes put my own stuff off to work on other people's projects.— Missy Elliott
I love my mother. She's my first love. She has been through a lot and is a sole survivor.— Missy Elliott
I want people to feel the heat while they walk down the street and they're just kickin' it.— Missy Elliott
I can't complain. I think when you get to a certain point, you shouldn't complain because there's so many people who would kill to get to this point.— Missy Elliott
The fun part of being an entertainer is that you call up Six Flags, and you say, 'I'm coming,' and you get to get on all the rides before everyone. I hate standing in line.— Missy Elliott
My father was very abusive, and it was hard for my mother at first to leave because we had depended on him for so long. Sometimes you kind of get adjusted to getting that beating.— Missy Elliott
When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are.— Missy Elliott
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.— Missy Elliott
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.— Missy Elliott
I never drank water. Always soda. I didn't use to like water, but I've had to train myself to drink it.— 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 reason I stay home more is because I realise that my blood pressure started going up.— Missy Elliott