74 Quotes by Missy Elliot

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.

I didn't want to be a genius! That ain't cool.

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

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

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

What my home life is like now is great.

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

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

One thing about white people is that in their videos they don't care. They can go out in cut-up jeans and do a video, and it'll be large.