Quotes By Janet Jackson

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

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.

I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why.

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

I have a very strong family.

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

When I was younger, I thought you had to be in control of your own life. That takes a lot of discipline, hard work and focus. You just can't let it all fall by the wayside. Later on, I learned that God is really in control of everything. But you still have to put your best foot forward and be the best you can possibly be.

We all have the need to feel special.

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 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.

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.

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.

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'm a true believer in prayer, a big believer in prayer.

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.

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

If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.

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.

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

I believe in a higher power. I believe in inspiration.

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.

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

It's really about being pleased with yourself.

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

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 don't have to hold onto the pain to hold onto the memory.

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