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.
Missy Elliot

Everybody is doing the same old thing.
Missy Elliot

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

I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father.
Missy Elliot

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

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

I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all found something that's really important to us, and music is all we've really got.
Missy Elliot

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

I want to be cutting-edge.
Missy Elliot

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


I wasn't born a superstar.
Missy Elliot

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

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

I've always had a lot of creative impact on the music with Timbaland.
Missy Elliot

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 Elliot

Music should be your escape.
Missy Elliot

My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father.
Missy Elliot

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 Elliot

Now everybody's sampling.
Missy Elliot

What my home life is like now is great.
Missy Elliot