Missy Elliott Quotes

In hip-hop, sometimes that pace is so fast that you miss things. I don't mean literally miss lyrics; I just think there's an emotion in what these cats are saying that gets by you. When you slow things down, there's this emotion, this yearning.

We always do kinda like the bare bones representation or variation of the voice and drums, which is what we feel is the foundation or backbone of rapping and hip hop.

Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.

The song, 'Life is Better,' is about hip-hop. It's about my love for hip-hop. And, you know, I go through all the artists from the beginning to the end, you know. And, well, not to the end, but since the beginning to now, you know.

I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.

Get them to sing your song, and then they will know who you are.

I can't imagine a world without music.

I did ballet, jazz, and all that, but I think hip-hop is really where I learned rhythm and groove, which has helped me in music.

First thing you have to understand is that freestyling is much different than making hip-hop music: there's another whole element to being a hip-hop MC.

Pac get busy. People can't take nothing from him. On the lyrics, he get busy, straight up.

Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is.

Dancing freely to Fleetwood Mac always makes me happy.

I love to have fun when I do a song.

I was MCing in the playground, spitting lyrics over mobile phones - Sony Ericsson, Walkmans, W810s, the Teardrop Nokia phones, all of that. Vital equipment! I never even had a DJ set where a DJ's playing vinyl, and I'm spitting.

I like to dribble to Queen's 'Another One Bites the Dust.'

You know, Slick Rick was tight at telling stories.

Music is the only thing that I trust.

I like to body pop.

Who doesn't love Tupac? Those records have such swagger to them. The groove is just incredible.

The more rocking, the better.

Definitely 'HUMBLE' was a masterpiece.

'Used To' is one of my favorite records because of its confident, 'in-your-face' lyrics.

Steps come up all the time, but not dances.

Kendrick is phenomenal. I've never tried and practiced a song that was as hard as when I practiced Kendrick's verse on 'Control.' He's a genius. I think that people do recognize it.

I listen to a lot of Biggie, he's so lyrical.