Top 174 Quotes & Sayings by Janet Jackson
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Last updated on September 18, 2024.
I do think kids should be kids. You have the rest of your life to be an adult.
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's really about being pleased with yourself.
I've always been a tomboy. I've always liked to wear red, black, and white, and mostly pants.
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.
Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.
That's a part of me going back to what I used to do.
I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people.
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.
We all have the need to feel special.
When I gained weight in 2005, my nutritionist was very worried. I was close to having diabetes.
People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.
Being on 'Good Times' was the first time I was around a group of people that wasn't my family.
I was two when we left Indiana, and I don't really remember it that well.
I had a pretty sexual imagination for a kid.
Food has always brought me comfort and the bingeing is triggered when I'm in a space that is not positive.
You can tell someone who doesn't have love in their life, then someone who is in love.
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.
I'm fine the way I am. There's nothing wrong with me.
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.
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.
My brothers were gone on tour a lot, and I would miss them so much.
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 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.
In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.
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.
I believe in a higher power. I believe in inspiration.
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.
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.
I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good.
People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.
No word is absolutely wrong or dirty or insulting. It all depends upon context and intention.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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?
I'm flattered that other artists consider me a role model.
I have a pretty bad temper. But you have to really push me to see it. But everybody has their things.
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.
You don't have to hold onto the pain to hold onto the memory.
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.
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.
Big sisters and brothers... I am telling you, it never changes.
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.
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 would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.
If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 kinda see everyone as competition.
I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.
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.
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