The Best Janet Jackson quotes

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. — Janet Jackson

It was very freeing for me to be able to wrIte my own music, It was so important to me to express the way that i felt. i felt that a lot of kids were going through the same things. — Janet Jackson

I’ve known janet over a decade, the times that i may have felt like giving up, she’s always gave me an encouraging word. — Janet Jackson

I told hIm I wanted to go to school and study busIness law. I really wanted to make my way by actIng, that was how I was goIng to pay for my schoolIng. he felt that god had a dIfferent path for me. — Janet Jackson

When I do get married again, I’m just going to take time off. — Janet Jackson

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. — Janet Jackson

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

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. — Janet Jackson

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. — Janet Jackson

It’s very hard trying to have love and a career at the same time. For those who can, great, but I can’t. — Janet Jackson

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. — Janet Jackson

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. — Janet Jackson

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. — Janet Jackson

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. — Janet Jackson

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. — Janet Jackson

Does what you think of you determine your worth? — Janet Jackson

You can’t hold the record forever, and I know that. I’m not stupid. — Janet Jackson

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

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. — Janet Jackson

It’s two people that are in love with one another. What’s the issue? — Janet Jackson

I’m scared to fall in love, afraid to love so fast, cuz everytime I fall in love, it seems to never last. — Janet Jackson

The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others. — Janet Jackson

You’ve made love to my mind, now you gotta take me from behind. — Janet Jackson

You can tell someone who doesn’t have love in their life, then someone who is in love. — Janet Jackson

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

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. — Janet Jackson

Fear IS THE ONE EMOTION THAT UNLEASHED CAN DESTROY ANYTHING AND ANYONE. — Janet Jackson

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. — Janet Jackson

Too many lives go up in smoke–It’s nice to laugh but don’t be the joke. — 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 do think kids should be kids. You have the rest of your life to be an adult. — Janet Jackson

Life is a journey, and I’m still walking it. And, like everyone, I’m going to have some days that are better than others, some days that are tougher than others. — Janet Jackson

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. — Janet Jackson

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. — Janet Jackson

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. — Janet Jackson

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

Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to. — Janet Jackson

I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don’t believe in things like guilt. I believe in a higher power. I believe in inspiration. — Janet Jackson

I don’t believe in luck. … It’s persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream. — Janet Jackson

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! — Janet Jackson

You don’t know how many people come up to me and say, ‘This child was conceived listening to you.’ — Janet Jackson