Janet Jackson
People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.
I don't like to work out, and I get bored easily.
I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people.
When I'm feeling down on myself or not feeling good about who I am, or maybe something happened and I'm feeling depressed, I eat to fill that void. Afterwards I'll beat myself up about it. I regret doing it, but I'll turn around and do it again.
I have a pretty bad temper. But you have to really push me to see it. But everybody has their things.
If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.
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.
All those songs reflect all the people that live within me.
When I gained weight in 2005, my nutritionist was very worried. I was close to having diabetes.
Being on 'Good Times' was the first time I was around a group of people that wasn't my family.
That's always - that's been another dream of mine, to do a Broadway play. An award winning Broadway play.
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 kinda see everyone as competition.
I believe in a higher power. I believe in inspiration.
It's really about being pleased with yourself.
We all have the need to feel special.
People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.
I've always been a tomboy. I've always liked to wear red, black, and white, and mostly pants.
I'm fine the way I am. There's nothing wrong with me.
Control meant not only taking care of myself but living in a much less protected world. And doing that meant growing a tough skin.
Big sisters and brothers... I am telling you, it never changes.
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.
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.
I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself.
I've talked about sex a great deal in my music for a great while now. I feel very comfortable with it.
It was the Control album that was really about what I wanted to do.
That's a part of me going back to what I used to do.
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.
You can tell someone who doesn't have love in their life, then someone who is in love.
You can't hold the record forever, and I know that. I'm not stupid.
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.
You get yourself up for it somehow, and your endurance and the crowd gets you up, too.
I think it's great if a guy has a good sized package.
My first crush was Barry Manilow. He performed on TV and I taped it. When no one was around I'd kiss the screen.
I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.
I'm just trying to get used to living on a fixed income. Now, it's going to get unfixed.
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.
Ever since I was little, I loved to eat. I started eating when I wasn't hungry. My weight has always been up and down.
I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good.
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.
My brothers were gone on tour a lot, and I would miss them so much.
I can be an emotional eater.
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.
I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.Collection: Inspirational
I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.Collection: Dream
I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.Collection: Who I Am
The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.Collection: Self Love
Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to.Collection: Believe