134 Quotes by Missy Elliott

I always feel the need to work as if I don't have a deal, because that's what's going to keep me around for a long time.

If I wanted to do 'The Missing Files of Missy Elliott,' I have probably six albums just sitting there.

I remember having mice in the house and my father taking some newspaper and beating me because mice was running on me while I was asleep.

I never record in front of anybody.

Me personally, I don't ask too much, but I do ask Him to continue to bless me successfully, financially, and just to keep me humble.

Everybody is doing the same old thing.

People are quick to be like, 'You're irrelevant. You're a flop; you're washed up.'

I 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.'

I got more shy as I got older and realized people could be laughing at me or judging me.