Top 174 Quotes & Sayings by Janet Jackson - Page 3

I love you - but don't touch me.

I have met Mariah before and she's really cool and so funny. Everyone has been given the wrong impression of her, and maybe it is her doing. But you have to remember that celebrities are always in the spotlight and are sometimes forced to conduct themselves in a different way than they normally do. That's how it is in the business. I have met artists who are real divas, but Mariah Carey is not one of them. She is a very sweet person, and what nobody sees off camera is the real person she is on the inside.

My dad taught us that there's no greater distance than that between first and second place.

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

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

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

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.

When I do get married again, I'm just going to take time off.

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

I still have certain goals that I want. Grammies... Other awards... an Oscar one day.

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

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.

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

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.

I was raised with a ton of brothers and sisters where, obviously, the music running in and out of the house was very eclectic. So, I had a lot under my belt by the time I grew up. It all depends upon the mood that I'm in, the space that I'm in and what I'm feeling at that moment. But definitely!

I've never tried pot; I've never tried anything.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Does what you think of you determine your worth?

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.

Remember one rule, no rule.

I was sheltered, and there's good and bad to that. The good was not getting into the drugs and the alcohol and the really sorry stuff, and the bad was finally coming out into the real world and trying to deal with it, which was hard for me.

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.

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.

You have to feel good about yourself.

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

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

I can be an emotional eater. Of late, I have been doing that, yes. It started when I was very little. My brothers were gone on tour a lot, and I would miss them so much.

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 like to read. Autobiographies.

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.

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.

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

That's what I think I am: a lot of fun - a lot of fun to be with.

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.

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

I need you like the blues needs the pain.

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

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

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.

MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended - including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL.

I do not have a child and all allegations saying so are false.

I can't believe people got so upset at the sight of a single breast! America is so parochial, I may just have to move to Europe where people are more mature about things like that!

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.

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.

I don't find myself sexy.

You don't know how many people come up to me and say, 'This child was conceived listening to you.'

Just like Marilyn Monroe is a lot of girls' idol, that's how I feel about Dorothy Dandridge. And she any Marilyn were very close friends. She went through a lot, and people told her that she couldn't do certain things, but she didn't let that bother her. She said in her mind that she was going to do them and that nothing was impossible, and she did it. It was so sad... She died from drugs, and drinking as well.