Janet Jackson Quotes

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.

I kinda see everyone as competition.

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

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.

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

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

I have a very strong family.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

It's really about being pleased with yourself.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

I don't have a lot of friends.

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

I get so much energy from the fans.

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

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.

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

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