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.
From 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.
My first love is writing and producing. So I sometimes put my own stuff off to work on other people's projects.
I'd stand on the side of the road when I was just a little girl singing on trash cans.
I am very scared of wasps; my cousin was stung in the eye once.
I used to put all my doll babies on my bed with their hands up and I would do full shows for them. I'd even do the screaming and clapping. I was bugging to be a singer.
I'm blessed to be living this dream of writing and singing, but that's not the real dream I had. The real dream was to make enough money to take care of all the pain and suffering that my mother has been through.
Music is a male-dominated field.
Women are not always taken as seriously as we should be, so sometimes we have to put our foot down.
I ain't no icon. It's people like Patti LaBelle, somebody like that's an icon. I'm just Missy. I'm just crazy, that's all.
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