Janet Jackson Quotes

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

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

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.

I like to read. Autobiographies.

Theres nothing more depressing than having everything and still feeling sad. We must learn to water our spiritual garden.

The pain is necessary. Sometimes pain is the teacher we require, a hidden gift of healing and hope.

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

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.

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

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

The only thing that bothers me is that the girls come up to me and say, "I'm dating your ex-husband." I'm happy that he's dating girls and getting out.

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.

I was out once and had wine and I got sick to my stomach, and I vowed I would never drink again.

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

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

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

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

I need you like the blues needs the pain.

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'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.

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

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

Does what you think of you determine your worth?

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 feel most people’s sexuality is enormously complicated. That’s what it means to be human. Wouldn’t it be great if we honored that complexity rather than turn it into gossip or ridicule? Wouldn’t it be great if we accepted sexual diversity, in ourselves and others, without condemning it?

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.

You dont have to hold on to the pain, to hold on to the memory.

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.

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 feel that when two people are married - not that you have to totally give up your career - you have to spend time with one another, get to know each other more, just share things with each other.

Self-expression is my goal, I want to be real with my feelings. Singing and dancing and all the joy that goes with performing come from my heart. If I can't feel it, I won't do it.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

If people want to know the truth, why don't they just come to me and ask?

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.

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

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

My first name ain't baby, it's Janet, Miss Jackson if you're nasty

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

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.