Janet Jackson Quotes

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.

- Janet Jackson

Big, Been, Before, Performers

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.

- Janet Jackson

I Think, Very, Entertainers, Stresses

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.

- Janet Jackson

Want, Sometimes, Maybe, Clue

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.

- Janet Jackson

Living, Going, Very, Suitcase

I like myself a lot more than I used to. I had a very difficult time in my twenties especially. It was hard for me to look in the mirror and find something that I liked about myself.

- Janet Jackson

Mirror, Very, Twenties, Difficult Time

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.

- Janet Jackson

Eyes, Your, Our, Separates

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

- Janet Jackson

Darkness, Only, Complete, Separates

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.

- Janet Jackson

Process, Mine, Having, Collaborate

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.

- Janet Jackson

Going, Been, Keeping, Journal

I'm just trying to get used to living on a fixed income. Now, it's going to get unfixed.

- Janet Jackson

Living, Income, Going, Fixed

I can be an emotional eater.

- Janet Jackson

Emotional, I Can, Eater

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

- Janet Jackson

Dirty, Depends, Absolutely, Context

As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up.

- Janet Jackson

Alone, Very, Had, Alarm

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.

- Janet Jackson

Focus, Thought, Own, Possibly

To have someone to relate to and hopefully enjoy the music and get a positive message out of it, to make the best music that we possibly could, those were the goals.

- Janet Jackson

Best, Enjoy, Could, Possibly

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.

- Janet Jackson

Family, Always, Very, Teased

Some of my battles with weight have been very public. But most of them have been internal. Even at my thinnest, when my body was being praised, I wasn't happy with what I saw in the mirror or how I felt about myself.

- Janet Jackson

Some, Been, Very, Battles

When I gained weight in 2005, my nutritionist was very worried. I was close to having diabetes.

- Janet Jackson

Very, Having, Nutritionist, Diabetes

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.

- Janet Jackson

Sadness, Expert, Very, Highly

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.

- Janet Jackson

Very, Still, Disciplined, Intricate

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 a velvet rope we have inside of us, keeping others from knowing our feelings.

- Janet Jackson

Rope, Keeping, Also, Feelings

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

- Janet Jackson

Good, Around, Being, Group

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

- Janet Jackson

Hair, Career, Always, Bored

I don't like to work out, and I get bored easily.

- Janet Jackson

Work, Like, Get, Bored

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.

- Janet Jackson

Love, Away, TV, Penny

There are people that regardless of what it is, if it's something that's stressful, whatever it may be, they don't eat, they lose a lot of weight, a divorce, they get real thin. I'm the opposite.

- Janet Jackson

Lose, Weight, May, Stressful

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.

- Janet Jackson

Always, Been, Weight, Up And Down

I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why.

- Janet Jackson

Kind, Own, My Own, Obeyed

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

- Janet Jackson

See, Pretty, Everybody, Push

I've talked about sex a great deal in my music for a great while now. I feel very comfortable with it.

- Janet Jackson

Sex, Deal, Very, Great Deal

I think people really connect with the idea of someone who's gained and lost weight in this very public way, and also someone who's an emotional eater.

- Janet Jackson

Think, I Think, Very, Eater

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.

- Janet Jackson

Regret, Doing, Maybe, Depressed

You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else's style, their flavor. It takes a bit of time.

- Janet Jackson

Kind, Choreographer, Vein, Stuck

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.

- Janet Jackson

Grow, Very, Still, Silly Things

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

- Janet Jackson

Music, Legacy, Would, Faces

My concepts are never bright ideas; they're never notions I think will sell or be trendy or attract new fans. I don't think that way. All I can do is sing from my life.

- Janet Jackson

My Life, Attract, I Think, Notions

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

- Janet Jackson

Break, Attitudes, Brought, Adult Life

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.

- Janet Jackson

Dreams, Characterized, Members

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

- Janet Jackson

Remember, Well, Left, Indiana

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?

- Janet Jackson

Best, Competition, Very, Do Your Best

I think it's been a little difficult at times for the audience, because they've told me they see me as a family member. So to see your little sister sing about sex... I think they are pretty used to it now.

- Janet Jackson

Been, I Think, About, Sister

I believe in a higher power. I believe in inspiration.

- Janet Jackson

Power, Believe, Inspiration, I Believe In

I had a pretty sexual imagination for a kid.

- Janet Jackson

Kid, Pretty, Had, Sexual

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.

- Janet Jackson

My Life, Always, Very, Sexual

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

- Janet Jackson

Skin, Going, Rhinoceros, Hurt

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

- Janet Jackson

Innocent, Say, Other, Sides

You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too.

- Janet Jackson

Crowd, Get, Too, Endurance

I kinda see everyone as competition. I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good. Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

- Janet Jackson

Think, I Think, Very, Malicious

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

- Janet Jackson

Cool, Think, I Think, Malicious

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.

- Janet Jackson

Crew, Around, Had, Meat

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

- Janet Jackson

Reason, Here, Always, Calling

I truly felt that was going to be my last tour. So here we are again and I'm saying this will probably be my last tour. That's truly the way I'm looking at it.

- Janet Jackson

Here, Going, Last, Tour

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.

- Janet Jackson

Other, Been, Very, Tour

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

- Janet Jackson

Brothers, Lot, Would, Tour

When I'm getting ready for a tour, I'll work out with the dancers.

- Janet Jackson

Ready, Dancers, Getting, Tour

It's really about being pleased with yourself.

- Janet Jackson

Yourself, About, Being, Pleased

I was never pushed into the religion by my mother or anyone else. I made up my own mind when I was old enough. I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual.

- Janet Jackson

Mother, Own, Religious, Old Enough

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

- Janet Jackson

Screen, TV, Barry, Performed

I do think kids should be kids. You have the rest of your life to be an adult.

- Janet Jackson

Rest, Think, Should, Adult

That's always - that's been another dream of mine, to do a Broadway play. An award winning Broadway play.

- Janet Jackson

Play, Always, Mine, Award

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?

- Janet Jackson

Fitness, Why, Feel, Judged

I'm flattered that other artists consider me a role model.

- Janet Jackson

Other, Role, Flattered, Model

I was very independent growing up, but there were things that were bothering me that I never told anybody. I would talk to our animals at home.

- Janet Jackson

Independent, Anybody, Very, Growing Up

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

- Janet Jackson

Prayer, Big, True Believer, Believer

You don't have to hold onto the pain to hold onto the memory.

- Janet Jackson

Pain, Memory, You, Onto

I kinda see everyone as competition.

- Janet Jackson

Competition, See, Everyone, Kinda

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

- Janet Jackson

Red, Always, Been, Tomboy

I'd adopt. And I think that if I'm really supposed to have kids, it will happen, if that's God's plan for me.

- Janet Jackson

Think, Happen, I Think, Supposed

I get so much energy from the fans.

- Janet Jackson

Get, Much, So Much Energy, Fans

Recording is more autobiographical than acting. It's me - either how I'm feeling then or once felt at some point in my life. It's all me.

- Janet Jackson

My Life, More, Some, Recording

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

- Janet Jackson

Me, Reflect, Within, Songs

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.

- Janet Jackson

Been, Very, Mine, Long Time

I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good.

- Janet Jackson

Think, I Think, Very, Competitive Person

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.

- Janet Jackson

Feel, Need, Bring, Worst

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

- Janet Jackson

Singing, Accountant

Control meant not only taking care of myself but living in a much less protected world. And doing that meant growing a tough skin.

- Janet Jackson

Doing, Living, Meant, Protected

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

- Janet Jackson

Think, Package, I Think, Sized

Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.

- Janet Jackson

Body, Next, Makes, Type

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

- Janet Jackson

Never, Big, Telling, Changes

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

- Janet Jackson

Music, My Life, Always, Based

I really don't know anything else because my brothers were famous when I was two years old. So I know nothing else, no other life.

- Janet Jackson

Famous, Other, Brothers, Anything Else

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

- Janet Jackson

Control, Wanted, About, Album

Acting was always my first passion.

- Janet Jackson

Acting, Always, First, Passion

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

- Janet Jackson

Me, Always, Brought, Comfort

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

- Janet Jackson

Stupid, Know, Record, Hold

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

- Janet Jackson

Might, Add, Very, Quiet

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

- Janet Jackson

Never, Next, Been, Reinvent

I wanted to talk about my life. There is so much. I was 18 when I made the record, and I had a lot to say.

- Janet Jackson

My Life, Made, About, Record

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

- Janet Jackson

I Am, Guilt, Religious, Spiritual

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

- Janet Jackson

I Am, Me, Nothing, Fine

We all have the need to feel special.

- Janet Jackson

Feel, Need, Special

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