Janet Jackson Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

To be given permission to be confused -- and remain confused -- for as long as it takes would have been a huge gift.

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.

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.

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

I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

I always get bored with my hair. That's why I would always change it throughout my career.

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

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

You have to feel good about yourself.

Does what you think of you determine your worth?

I have a very strong family.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Recording is more autobiographical than acting. It's me - either how I'm feeling then or once felt at some point in my life. It's all me.

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

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

I like to read. Autobiographies.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Remember one rule, no rule.

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.