Janet Jackson Quotes (42 Quotes)


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

    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,

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

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


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

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

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

    Eddie in costume and make-up with that famous laugh, the minute the cameras started rolling, he became each character. It was amazing

    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 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.


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

    I'm convinced that we black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but the get up, to get through, and to get over.

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

    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 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.

    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.

    Too many lives go up in smoke Its nice to laugh but dont be the joke.

    A couple of years ago I recorded some tracks with Rich Harrison. But none of that music will appear on my new album. I have a tight rein on all of the music that has been recorded.

    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.

    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.

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

    So many women are talking about how they could fall in love with Sherman, and he's someone I could fall in love with because it's about what's inside.

    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.

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

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

    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.

    A lot of times I felt so alone. But I also thought there has to be other people that have experienced either what I have, or close to it.

    My mother is very strong. Aside from wanting her beauty and her heart, I really wanted her strength. And I've always thought I don't have it.

    I'm not trying to be malicious. The only thing that Rene actually did with Velvet Rope is the production of the opening of the show.

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

    I love working with organizations. I love giving. I want to do more of that. You got to give back. I love helping people, especially children.


    You can tell someone who doesn't have love in their life, then someone who is in love.

    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.

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

    On the last tour, I remember being in London and listening to their last album, ... I enjoyed it very much and for Teddy to ask me to do this is a true honor, really an honor.

    There is a lot I haven't said that I actually could say. I hope people would find it interesting. I know a lot of people could relate to it.

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


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