If I’m paying people, and they’re not handling my business right, I have to check them. ‘Cause sometimes you’re nice, and people don’t jump on what they’re supposed to do, but if you go in there screaming at everybody – ‘Look, why aren’t my posters up?’ or ‘Why wasn’t my single out on this day?’ – then they jump right on it. Missy Elliott Read Quote
People are quick to be like, ‘You’re irrelevant. You’re a flop; you’re washed up.’ Missy Elliott Read Quote
I was always feisty, always that kid that would be on the porch with a hairbrush singing or rapping. Missy Elliott Read Quote
I got more shy as I got older and realized people could be laughing at me or judging me. Missy Elliott Read Quote
When I first started in the business, I spent so much! Staying in a Trump Hotel for two years, spending eight Gs a month just living. Missy Elliott Read Quote
Lil’ Kim is my sister, known her for years, and I’ll never turn my back on her, but there is enough room for everybody. I want to see everybody get it. Missy Elliott Read Quote
I love to see women just have on their own, and you watch the guys do it all the time. They go out on the road with each other – probably don’t even like each other, but they going to get that money. Missy Elliott Read Quote
Before, you only had one Public Enemy and one Rakim and one Salt ‘N’ Pepa. Now, people have got the formula, and some of them are just doing it for the cheque. It’s kind of watered down. Missy Elliott Read Quote
We’re told that to be fly, you gotta have a fly car, the rims on your wheels, the fly jewels, and that to work a regular job and make legal money is uncool. Missy Elliott Read Quote
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 Read Quote
