Janet Jackson Quotations

People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.

I always get bored with my hair. That's why I would always change it throughout my career.

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

No word is absolutely wrong or dirty or insulting. It all depends upon context and intention.

I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable.

People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.

I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I don't mind that.

Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.

By age seven, I used to comb my hair for performances, just pull my hair up into a bun. Granted, it wasn't a very intricate hairstyle. Still, to be that responsible and disciplined at age seven is unusual.

A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportunity to be a child, so they hold on to that and still do a lot of childish, silly things.

Being on 'Good Times' was the first time I was around a group of people that wasn't my family.

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

There is a moment when you get older when your metabolism slows down and you don't feel like working out any more, so you don't want to keep yourself fit any more, but that's your decision. Why should you be judged for it?

If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.

It is my belief that we all have the need to feel special. It is this need that can bring out the best in us, yet the worst in us.

I've always been a tomboy. I've always liked to wear red, black, and white, and mostly pants.

When I was younger, I thought you had to be in control of your own life. That takes a lot of discipline, hard work and focus. You just can't let it all fall by the wayside. Later on, I learned that God is really in control of everything. But you still have to put your best foot forward and be the best you can possibly be.

I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself.

Ever since I was little, I loved to eat. I started eating when I wasn't hungry. My weight has always been up and down.

There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others.

I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.

I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people.

My parents are very competitive, so we are very competitive as kids. But it's a good kind of competition; it's not a jealousy. You always want to do your best, and if it can't be you, you want it to be your brother or your sister, you know what I mean?

Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

I like to collaborate on my music. The creative process is fun, and you get a lot of ideas from having discussions about it. Ultimately, the final decision is mine.

When we were growing up, all of us kids were vegetarians. No one had asked me to stop eating meat - I just noticed everyone else around me had stopped, so I followed the crew.

I always knew that I could go deep. How deep? I don't know. But it always seems that with each character I take on, I'm challenged to go deeper than the last time, and then again deeper than the last time. This is the deepest I've ever been asked to dive. And to see how deep I actually went for this, and that I wasn't afraid to go there in order to give Tyler exactly what he envisioned for the character, which was pretty deep, that's what I discovered about myself.

I would love to. A dream of mine is to produce films, as well as to produce content for television.

I enjoy them both [singing and acting] a great deal. I have a passion for both. Maybe acting just a little bit more because it's more of a challenge for me, while music comes so easily.

There are two things that really move me: music and acting. And I'm not talking about my music or watching myself as an actor, but listening to other people's music and watching other actors. There are so many different songs that have moved me. It all depends upon the mood that I'm in at that moment.

A lot of my friends they call me 'the therapist'. They come to me looking for advice. I must be doing something right because they keep coming back. But I'm not very good at kind of looking into my own world and trying to pick apart what is really wrong and fix those things. I like to kind of shy away from certain issues and turn away.

Bound together by our beliefs, we are like minded individuals, sharing a common vision, pushing toward a world rid of color lines.

I just want you inside, baby, we don't need to talk about promises.

Tie me up, tie me down, make me moan real loud.

Add to the world's confusion, we teach our kids rules that we don't adhere to ourselves.

I can feel your body pressed against my body. When you start to poundin', love to feel you throbbin'.

You've made love to my mind, now you gotta take me from behind.

I do want to get married again, and I want to have kids. And this time, I really want to do it right.

I need you like the blues needs the pain.

Remember one rule, no rule.

Does what you think of you determine your worth?

I don't have a lot of friends.

I can be an emotional eater.

I have so much more confidence in myself now than I ever did before.

That's a part of me going back to what I used to do.

I have no clue why, but maybe sometimes when there's someone you don't hear from, it's the person you want to hear from the most.

Too many lives go up in smoke - It's nice to laugh but don't be the joke.

I wanted to be a jockey. I'm serious. First time I got on a horse, I loved it. That's what I wanted to be, but my dad asked me to start performing with my family.

I can express gratitude for the simple act of being able to breathe in and breathe out. I can move away from darkness and depression to light and hope. I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be. I am me, the true me; you are you, the true you - and that's good. That's beautiful. That's enough.

There's other things I'd like to do. I probably won't tour for a very, very long time. It's something that you feel inside and that's the way I've been looking at everything.

I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.

I lose things all the time. I used to lose my license all the time before I put a place in my car for it.

Big sisters and brothers... I am telling you, it never changes.

When I'm feeling down on myself or not feeling good about who I am, or maybe something happened and I'm feeling depressed, I eat to fill that void. Afterwards I'll beat myself up about it. I regret doing it, but I'll turn around and do it again.

I have a very strong family.

When I date different guys, I just have to stay away - and not let myself fall. Because if I do, it's over.

Another side to me is this very sexual being. When I look back on my life, it's always been there. It's been there since I was 10 years old, having the imagination that I had.

It was the Control album that was really about what I wanted to do.

In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an abused child in desperate need of love. I really didn't want to do the show. I didn't want to be away from my family.

When you hear bad things about yourself, just put your energies into something else; it's no good crying about it. Just put it into your music - it'll make you stronger.

I was a very quiet kid. A really sweet kid, I might add.

Everywhere I go, every smile I see, I know you are there smilin' back at me. Dancin' in moonlight, I know you are free 'cause I can see your star shinin' down on me.

Damita Jo. Jo. That's my middle name. It's let in about the different characters that live within me. They say we have 200 characters that we portray with different people.

You have to feel good about yourself.

What I love about Gaga is her story, where she came from. Before she made it, before anyone knew who she was, I knew who she was and, to see her finally make it, I was so happy. If we were to work together that would be cool.

My brothers were gone on tour a lot, and I would miss them so much.

There are two sides of the Velvet Rope. Those who want to be on the other side and those who are on the other side.

Fear is the one emotion that unleashed can destroy anything and anyone.

To a world sick with racism, get well soon.

We're all driven to premieres or nightclubs and seen the rope separating those who can enter and those who can't. Well, there's also velvet rope we have inside of us, keeping others from knowing our feelings.

I'm scared to fall in love, afraid to love so fast, cuz everytime I fall in love, it seems to never last.

Marvin Gaye is our John Lennon. The longer he's gone, the more young people appreciate his art. 'What's Going On' was a work of genius far ahead of it's time.

You can't worry about pleasing other people; you have to please yourself.

You can't hold the record forever, and I know that. I'm not stupid.

People tend to put entertainers on pedestals. We're human beings, just like you. You may see us smiling, and whether we have money or not, we still have bills to pay, we still have our stresses. I think a lot of people want to focus on others' shortcomings to make themselves feel better. And it's a very sad thing.

I was two when we left Indiana, and I don't really remember it that well.

I don't see anything wrong with staying young looking as long as you can.

I'm fine the way I am. There's nothing wrong with me.

I think it's great if a guy has a good sized package.

I'm shy, although I'm not shy with my friends and family.

All those songs reflect all the people that live within me.

You can never be happy until you understand why you're doing what you're doing.

I don't find myself sexy.

I'm happy with the people that I have around me. And they've been friends of mine since I was young, for a very long time.

I have a pretty bad temper. But you have to really push me to see it. But everybody has their things.

It's two people that are in love with one another. What's the issue?

I study once in a while. But my parents never pushed us into anything. Until we were 18, my mother would make us go with her to Kingdom Hall, and when we turned of age, she let us choose what we wanted to.

You can tell someone who doesn't have love in their life, then someone who is in love.

Food has always brought me comfort and the bingeing is triggered when I'm in a space that is not positive.

To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer.

I kinda see everyone as competition.

I'm a true believer in prayer, a big believer in prayer.

My parents were strict. They weren't as strict on me as they were with the others, but my mother didn't want us to get on anyone's nerves... Go to someone else's house and drive their parents crazy. Another thing was they didn't want us to get into a lot of things that a lot of kids - if they're not careful - can slip into.

My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no was around I'd kiss the screen.

Touring is very grueling. It's very taxing on the body and living out of your suitcase, going from city to city, night after night. It's a tough job.

I had a pretty sexual imagination for a kid.

I like to have a lot of fun. I just don't see myself as being sexy. It's more sass - more attitude - than sex.

I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.

I've never been one for keeping a journal, so my songs were my journals. They allowed me to express my feelings and let people know what was going on with me. I knew that somebody would relate.

I'll meet a guy now, and the next thing I know they'll be sweating and their hands will be shaking. And I feel so bad - I don't even know what to say to them. Then there are other guys who come on too strong, and they're just all over you. The nice ones are the ones who are in-between - the ones who aren't scared and who aren't all over you.