Missy Elliott Quotes

Growing up, I always wanted to be a singer, and I've done that.

I really wanted to just be a musician. I didn't want to be anything else, but I was funny and all that.

I had known that I'd wanted to be an actor from a very early age, but I had always known that I wanted to have a dual career. I wanted to be an actor, and I also at that time wanted to be a rock star.

I've done some acting and a lot of different things, but mostly it's the music.

While certainly no pressing threat to Gordon Lightfoot, I knew it was simply a matter of time until I was going to be a star.

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.

I used to daydream in class about what it'd be like to be a singer. It's what I wanted to be ever since I was little, but I never knew if it'd happen or not. I was just a normal girl who was doing all the things teenagers do, but on the side, I was attending music camps and going to songwriting sessions.

I love to sing - whenever I am not on set, I am usually in my room jamming out with my guitar.

If you watch home videos, at 4 years old, I was doing nothing but being the entertainer. Singing 'Boot Scootin' Boogie' in the living room. Then, I guess, just by the grace of God I started writing songs, and somebody happened to like them.

Acting may be how I've made my living, but music has always been my passion.

Hopefully I'll be successful with the singing, but there are so many other things I want to do, like acting. I'll do them one at a time first!

I didn't think I was a famous singer. I didn't think I was a star or that I could make the waters part - just that singing was what I was going to do.

I've become good friends with Lena Dunham, and the thing I had in common with Lena when I was 24 is I was as ambitious as she was. What we don't have in common is that I was not as talented. My voice was not as clearly defined.

If I could go back, I think I would be a rock star instead of an actor, man.

I've always been insecure about my singing. That's why I've focused so much on my songwriting.

I've always known that I wanted to sing, and I wanted to dance, and I wanted to act.

I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.

If you remember one thing from talking to me, remember this: I am just a girl who makes noises - and I'm incredibly lucky that people happen to like those noises.

I still have a fantasy of being a musician when I grow up.

I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.

You know, there's still a lot of great songwriters out there who hand in songs. And there's a lot of brilliant singers and performers out there who sing other people's words. I enjoy doing both.

I enjoy touring. I enjoy recording the music, I enjoy dreaming it and I enjoy performing it. I also definitely enjoy selling it, because I like to eat.

I never said that I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid. I didn't know. I thought I was going to be a singer and musician. That's what I had been doing, for a huge part of my life.

Music and acting kind of all goes together.

I love singing and performing. I'm always singing. Even if I'm at school or in the car, I'm always singing. My mom said ever since I could talk, I was singing.