Janet Jackson Quotes

You can never be happy until you understand why you're doing what you're doing.

~ Janet Jackson

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

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

~ Janet Jackson

I really don't know anything else because my brothers were famous when I was two years old. So I know nothing else, no other life.

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

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

~ Janet Jackson

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?

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

I had a pretty sexual imagination for a kid.

~ Janet Jackson

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.

~ Janet Jackson

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

~ Janet Jackson

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?

~ Janet Jackson